AVR-Chat

Kathy Quinlan wrote:
> I think PCB work in an oven used for food would not be too bad, but I would 
> not want to use food in an oven that has been used for making PCB's :

   Well, that would depend on what kind of food.  Baking a pizza in a 
reflow oven could seriously impair the
usability of the oven for its intended purpose, at least until someone 
disassembled the oven and THOROUGHLY
cleaned it.  Vaporized grease, and smoke from strsay organic debris 
could easily contaminate the moltem
solder, compromising the integrity of the joints formed.

   Not surprising that academics would throw up their hands in despair, 
assuming the oven to be a complete
loss.  In the real world, an engineer would curse the fool who baked the 
pizza (and possibly take out a contract on
his/her life *evil grin*), and then get down to cleaning and 
refurbishing the oven for use.


tom