Solder Wick Repair of Damaged Circuit Board

RE: Solder Wick Repair of Damaged Circuit Board

neilk — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 14:44:57 GMT

Brilliant idea, John!

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kmikemoo — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 01:24:12 GMT

Brilliant! [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-107776bc-8910-4078-b79c-519455a8fe7c/contentimage_5F00_11380.png:16:16][View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-107776bc-8910-4078-b79c-519455a8fe7c/contentimage_5F00_11380.png:16:16] Super practical. I'll never look at solder wick the same as I did.

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DAB — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 20:14:55 GMT

Great post John.

The board took some serious heat to blacken the board like that.

I really like your solder wick braid repair.

Well done.

DAB

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14rhb — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:02:20 GMT

That's a really useful trick and finished off neatly with the epoxy/glue. I like how the pins pop through the braid before soldering.

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Andrew J — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 18:52:17 GMT

Excellent tip. I'd never, ever have thought of using solder wick like that.

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genebren — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:56:13 GMT

Great blog John. This looks like a great repair to the boards.

In my first job, I worked in military electronics on a massive communications projects. We had several antennas in the system, some with quick positioning rotors. These rotors had a tendency to burn out the drive electronics (and I mean burn!) due to poor alignment or limit switch failures. We did a similar repair, using ground braiding (which was used to seal up a lot of the sensitive receivers within the system) to replace blown traces within the drive electronics of the rotors. I have to say that your work is a lot cleaner and neater that i remember achieving on these units.

It is always nice to see the work of a true craftsman, and you are truly that.

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robogary — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:55:53 GMT

Nice tip. For sure the joint will last longer and not vaporize on a downstream short :-)

This is a good solution too for building breadboards that have some significant power runs of 10A or higher. Its much easier than trying to solder 14AWG wire :-)

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baldengineer — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:54:19 GMT

This definitely a trick I'll keep in mind. Thank you for such an awesome and detailed write-up!

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navadeepganeshu — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:26:56 GMT

Woah! This is highly Jugadeous plan.

Observed similar degradation of PCB traces inside TV Remote when alkaline batteries leaked out.