On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 04:37 AM, Paul Kanevsky wrote:
On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 12:29 AM, John Kmetz wrote:
The PCB components are machine soldered at the manufacturer and are extremely difficult to remove and replace by most people. Brendan Smith apparently has the skills to do this though you would need to pay for the round trip to Australia, plus cost of repairs, and the incur the travel times as well
David Partridge, in the UK can also do PCB repair work.?
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For a skilled small electronics person SMD repairs are not a big deal. But you 100% need a good SMD rework station and some reflow materials to put them back together.? There are also some health and safety issues that push it out of the realm of the casual electronics hobbyists as the investment needed is kind of steep unless you use it often.?
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