On 2/9/23 03:43, Brian K. White wrote:
The resistors are fine. Just get the battery out, wash and brush the
area and you'll be surprised.
Okie doke.
The silver cylinder is a crystal, and that is glue around it's base to
secure it from vibrating. That one is ok don't try to clean that glue
too much.
Good to know. It looked like utter rust.
Doesn't look too bad really but you didn't show all the electrolytic
caps. The larger ones can have corrosion on the traces even though the
cap may look fine at first glace. They don't get the green copper
oxide all over like the battery, they get an invisible film that
spreads all around the area around each one. Yo look real close and
you see the traces may be corroded underneath the soldermask.
No the caps I didn't show because there wasn't anything to see there,
that I thought. I see the film you're describing so, obviously, i have
some work to do. Gonna order a cap kit and battery from birt in a minute
here.
Or maybe all fine. First obviously just get the battery out and clean
the area, and then you'll be able to see if any traces need work with
the surface crud out of the way.
Will do
Doesn't look too bad though. Should come back fine without too much
trouble. You don't usually have to actually repair traces, just add a
wire from point to point to replace where the trace went. Wrapping
wire is handy for that. Or single strands from some stranded wire.
Hoping it's that easy. We'll see. I've already cut the battery out. I'll
remove the caps once the ones I order come in.
Daniel
