Ford's answers to the NHTSA 6.7 Investigation
There was a request for a link to Ford's answer's to the NHTSA investigation posted on a previous thread, since closed. Here is the link: Ford's NHTSA Answers to the 6.7 investigation This PDF i...
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hoopers wrote:
I am somewhat familiar with the tin whiskers problem. Gold plating was one solution to the whiskers problem.
My experience with failures of any kind is there is ALWAYS more to the story. Look how long it has taken regarding the 6.0. In real life, the truth is an elusive target. My zen for the day.:W
Ya I hear you, gold plating is always the solution!
Until finance comes in and order antimony.
Read the NASA report about that infamous case, and in the back of the report, toward the end, you find the elusive nibble as to what the researchers actually found in examinations of the failure.
The failure (tin whiskers) was found in a perfectly good / working sample. But had the whiskering be allowed to continue...
Nothing that a high level interrupt can't fix.
In the good old days, that is called the "off" button.
