How do you solder onto a messed up pcb?
I have a pcb, its an alarm clock in case you were wondering, that had one of those ring things come off, the part that you actually solder components to, anyway, is there any way to still solder a component in that place, or is it ruined?
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It can probably be repaired. If I am not mistaken, what you're talking about is what we call a "pad", the round area that has a drill hole thru it, to which a resistor or other component is attached? Is it possible for you to post a picture of the damaged area? There are repair kits that have press-on pads and track (the lines) sections for repairing PCBs. It's also possible in certain cases to use fine solid core wire to complete the connection, by scraping of some of the protective coating from the track that was attached to the pad, then wrapping the component lead with one end of a short piece of solid core wire (no insulation), then run the wire to the track, snip it off so that it fits the space, then soldering to the component lead and finally to the track, while holding the wire in place with an Exacto or small screwdriver. Note the circled areas in the photo...these are fixes using 22ga solid core wire to a guitar cable continuity meter i fixed a while back.
Sep 8, 2009. 3:55 PMarhodes18 (author)
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seandogue: that was a great answer and it helped me tremendously!! here is a picture. the bronze/copper colored area used have a silver ring with a hole in it... but from what you have told me, it sounds like exactly what I need to do... Thanks.
Sep 8, 2009. 3:57 PMarhodes18 (author)
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wow, i just realized i never told where in the picture it is... it is the very top left hand corner's hole... sorry about how zoomed out the picture is, my camera wouldn't focus if it was any closer :-S
You've accidentally removed copper from the board? What you have to do is solder some wire to the same track, and then to your component. A picture would help. L
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