Gabe, A big part of it is those stinking European RoHS laws that don't allow stuff to be sold in Europe if the manufacturer uses a decent solder. So they all switched to lead free solder, that melts at a much higher temperature than good lead/tin 60/40 or 63/37 solder, requires more skill to use, and even then, it doesn't hold or flow very well, (Plus it makes repairs that much harder, because the good solder doesn't like to adhere with the lead free solder residue.) ................................................................................... Well, other than those two short blips of a minute each, (that MIGHT have been wind related), my system has been up for 32 hours. Keeping fingers crossed.
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