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	Texrat	2011-05-31 , 17:31
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Originally Posted by abill_uk

Glue of any kind will only last so long and nothing as good as a soldered mod.

Properly applied industrial epoxy will outlast the device.

My concern with re-soldering the tabs has to do with surface preparation. The original connectors were either not tinned, badly tinned, or contaminated. Amateurs handling replacement connectors risk the latter.

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