[time-nuts] Fluke T-Bolt Monitor Dumb Question
Is that Daughter-Board soldered in or plugged in ? It looks like it's plugged into the connector but I can't get it to budge and I really don't want to apply too much force and wind up breaking it. Thanks, Dick, W1KSZ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] Fluke T-Bolt Monitor Dumb Question
Is that Daughter-Board soldered in or plugged in ? It looks like it's plugged into the connector but I can't get it to budge and I really don't want to apply too much force and wind up breaking it. Thanks, Dick, W1KSZ I believe it's soldered. I was able to do my mod using through-hold diodes without moving it. I just used a small-tipped soldering iron to remove one of the existing SMT diodes, tinned the two pads a bit (one empty going to V+, the other going to the still-present zero-ohm resistor) and tacked the new parts on. Leigh/WA5ZNU ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] Fluke T-Bolt Monitor Dumb Question
In a message dated 04/06/2010 18:34:23 GMT Daylight Time, w1...@earthlink.net writes: Is that Daughter-Board soldered in or plugged in ? It looks like it's plugged into the connector but I can't get it to budge and I really don't want to apply too much force and wind up breaking it. -- Hi Dick Leigh's right, it's soldered. What might look like a plug is just the plastic separators on the pin strips. If, as Leigh did, you can manage without removing the daughter board that should make life a lot easier. I originally tried to remove mine by cutting the pins, reason being it's much easier to unsolder individual pins, but the PCB is a bit fragile, perhaps solder hadn't flowed properly through the plated holes, and the wedging effect of even fine cutter blades was enough to push one of the pins up and take the through plating with it. After that, as my Pace kit is boxed up right now, I resorted to flooding between the pins with molten solder and removing it that way. regards Nigel GM8PZR ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
