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re: anyone do PCB repair?

Posted on 1/31/17 at 3:39 pm to
Posted by CoolHand
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 1/31/17 at 3:39 pm to
Bingo. One of the problems you'll run into is that you might find a bad component but you might not be finding the root cause of the component failure. Replacing the whole board insures all components are fixed. Your customer isn't going to appreciate savings if they have to keep calling you back.

If you know for certain the root cause, then component replacement makes sense.

I love to fix my own stuff but hate messing with other people's stuff.

Someone showed you a resoldering gun. Another cheaper and more portable option is the Hakko Fr-300

I'm afraid you are going to go down the path of no good deed goes unpunished here.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
69194 posts
Posted on 1/31/17 at 7:20 pm to
yeah, i thought the resistor was blow due to the short on the heating element. The problem I have is so odd, no one I described it to understands it.
I'm going to load the video I made to Youtube.

It is so odd. It works fine when the board is facing up, does not work when the board is on its side.

I lose continuity on both sides of the element when I move the board.

So when testing everything passes, when in place, nothing works.
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