Yes, you can connect a wire in place of the circuit board trace.? At
the most fundamental level, that's what a circuit board trace is, a
thin wire.? As long as the wire does not touch any other traces when
you are finished, it will work.
Two comments:
- WT's suggestion to use what's left of the trace as a "pad" is
a good one.? This creates a new connection for the repair wire,
which may be beneficial for the future.? Use a sharp, pointed
knife like an X-Acto #1 to scrape 4-5mm of the green coating
from the damaged trace near the 'burned' end.? Use light force;
you do *not* want to cut through the copper.? The exposed copper
can then be used as a soldering point for the new wire.
- If you are new to soldering, I would recommend practicing on
some other, less valuable circuit board a little before you
proceed.? Also, do not use a fixed-temperature iron of more than
25-40W.? Better yet, use an iron with an adjustable temperature
control.? I see dozens of them on Amazon for less than $50USD.?
You only need about 200C to melt lead solder, and about 250C to
melt tin solder.
Regards,
-BW
Bruce Wahler
Halfmoon-Switch.com?
bw@...
978.597.7008
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Hello everyone.
After reading that article on replacing the battery base for the
machine, I tried to replace the battery base myself, but due to my
poor soldering skills (first time using it), I accidentally burned
the solder joint in the negative battery hole, making it
impossible to adsorb solder now.
Can I connect a wire from the right solder post and run it through
the negative hole of the battery?
Thanks to all the experts for their input.
