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Soldering
- Thread starter Heavy Metal
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B - looks to be cold or disturbed while cooling.
C - the wire appears to be sitting on top of the solder.
Neither one is good. I'd put a bit of flux on the wire at C and reheat it so the wire is IN the connection. Let it flow so the whole terminal gets heated, and don't touch it while it's cooling.
And then do the same thing to B. The terminals should be smooth and shiny, with the conductors definitely secure.
C - the wire appears to be sitting on top of the solder.
Neither one is good. I'd put a bit of flux on the wire at C and reheat it so the wire is IN the connection. Let it flow so the whole terminal gets heated, and don't touch it while it's cooling.
And then do the same thing to B. The terminals should be smooth and shiny, with the conductors definitely secure.
There is a lot of solder debris left loose and terminal "A" looks a little shabby. The debris is solder balls and a large one near R27 at the top of the board. Add flux to A, B, and C and reheat. Other than that not too bad.
RatsoW8
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RatsoW8
Supporting Member, W9WDX ARC Member - WD8T
Looks better. It's hard to tell when I zoom on the pic because it gets fuzzy but it looks like the gap between the two points at A could be cleaner. Curious...what did you just bridge? An amp I assume?
Kidding aside, soldering on a circuit board is almost an art...takes a lot of practice. I built many kits over the years to learn the right way to flow solder onto those leads. Even whan I was a youngster I still used a light with a magnifier to really be able to see whats goin on down there.
Kidding aside, soldering on a circuit board is almost an art...takes a lot of practice. I built many kits over the years to learn the right way to flow solder onto those leads. Even whan I was a youngster I still used a light with a magnifier to really be able to see whats goin on down there.
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Picture her a bit better.
I'm 54 have not soldered since @19 was good at it but threw time, hands shake and eyes go bad and life is limited from age and other things so doing best I can.
LOL!!!
Yes it is an amp bridging for use on 240v
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RatsoW8
Supporting Member, W9WDX ARC Member - WD8T
I hear ya, I'm 58 now and am ok with the soldering but my de-solder skills are pitiful 
Your solder job looks ok but there is definatly some shiney solder crud between the points at A. I'd clean that out a but more.
Your solder job looks ok but there is definatly some shiney solder crud between the points at A. I'd clean that out a but more.
RatsoW8
Supporting Member, W9WDX ARC Member - WD8T
From what I can tell from the pic, lookin good
Yes it is, going from 125v to 240v so now have to run the wire and outlets.
Take it that I can now put cover back on it lol.
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