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In Reply to: Re: Wow look at all that flux! posted by Jason Michael on April 26, 2007 at 16:27:31:
about the flux getting more moticeable as the amp ages. The flux being organic in nature, tends to carbonize with heat. The pins certainly get quite hot on the tube sockets. I notice that with age the flux deposits get considerably darker. I always clean off the flux deposits as you do with alcohol, and I just feel safer with less of a possibility of arcing.
I know with burnt resisters which can also burn the circuit boards, it is imperative to cut all the carbonized sections off or else the traces will most definitely arc again in the future. You know what they say: an ounce of prevention....Stu
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