Toyotas and tin whiskers

[Joseph Bento]

One possible cure for the tin whiskers is to manufacture electronics the same way the military specs their circuit boards.  All circuit boards have a layer of conformal coating.  This would also ensure reliability in a harsh vehicle environment.

Joe, N6DGY


On Feb 2, 2012, at 8:33 PM, Chip Fetrow wrote:

> I don't believe he wants the government to replace it for him, he wants Toyota to replace it for him.
> 
> I'm not sure that is totally unreasonable.  Tin whiskers should not occur.  Then again, I am not happy with all the RoS stuff anyway.
> 
> --chip
> 
> On Feb 2, 2012, at 1:00 PM, tacos-request at amrad.org wrote:
> 
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:44:00 -0500
>> From: Mark Whittington <markwhi at gmail.com>
>> To: wb5mmb <wb5mmb at pobox.com>
>> Cc: tacos at amrad.org
>> Subject: Re: Toyotas and tin whiskers
>> 
>> Pretty interesting presentation aside, you've got to love the mindset of
>> the person who complained to NHTSA.  Vehicle almost 7 years old, 81,000
>> miles on it, and they don't think they should have to pay to replace a
>> failed part and wants the government to fix it for them.
> 
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