Thanks for the Chipquick suggestion; will get some of that post-haste. As for the resistor, I took a look at it again. Doesn't look as bad as I thought, and after testing it again with my vom, the reading is actually 13.04k, not 13.4 as I had originally written. That's less than .05% variance in tolerance. Perhaps I will leave it for now... that is unless anyone else from the reflector cares to chime in and suggest otherwise.
73 de James K2QI On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:18 AM, David Lankshear <[email protected]> wrote: > I build a lot of equipment and would never ever trust a damaged > component. Don't worry too much about it now, though. Get your free sample > of Chipquick and follow the instructions, INCLUDING using the supplied > liquid flux and a cotton bud you'll steal from the XYL.. All you then need > to do is melt a small blob of Chipquick over one end of the resistor and > then go to the other end with your iron, melt the solder and push the > damaged chip off the pads. Clean up with cotton buds and flux and you'll > have pads like new. Then attach the leaded resistor and hey presto, all's > comfortable and you can sleep again! > > Believe me, Chipquik is great stuff and so is the flux as it stops the > molten chipquik fro "plating" your PCB. Don't worry though, a bit of flux, > heat and a cotton bud is all you need to tidy up. I reckon a free sample of > Chipquik lasts me around a year and I use the soldering iron quite a lot. A > kind friend got me a second free sample, but I'm going to have to bite the > bullet soon and order some from the States. I wish it, and stuff like > DeoxIT Gold, was stocked by the likes of Mouser, because it's always the > cost of shipping that spoils the deal for us who don't live in the bottom 48 > HI! > > 73 Dave, G3TJP > > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
