Same here. I am about 75% through a K2 build and faced the same question. In my case the pins didn't quite make it to being flush with the bottom side of the board. Rather than pressing on the LCD and taking the risk of overstressing it, I flowed the solder from the bottom side and then checked with a DVM for a good connection between the topside LCD pins and the reverse side of the through-holes. All looked good, and the LCD works as it should on every test so far.
This is my fourth K2. I did not have this problem with the previous builds, probably because those had integrated spacers. The separate spacer and LED pieces in the new kits may be higher by a fraction of a millimeter. Ted, KN1CBR K2 s/n 7979 in process ------------------------------ Message: 13 Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 14:40:19 -0700 From: Bruce Forsberg <[email protected]> To: Phil Le-Brun <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 LCD and Backlight assembly problems Message-ID: <CAO6iX8Y51KnQ+O4r1EJh3OV6aQsMH6ms_OY_QqmNDuCLJgna=w...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I resoldered the LED backlight devices by applying a small amount of pressure and resoldering each pin to make sure they were flush. This made the pins of the LCD flush with the PCB holes. I soldered it this way and it has worked. The LCD is working fine for my K2. Bruce, WB6IZG On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 6:05 AM Phil Le-Brun <[email protected]> wrote: > Bruce, I am having the same issue. The LEDs are flush to the board, the > plastic overlay installed but then the LCD sits to high to get the pins > through > > Phil, G0HHN > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
