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     Greg Williams (gwmn) Username: gwmn Registered: 08-2013 |
I'm replacing the caps,(electro),on my 210-65 this week and wondering about soldering these in. I've heard different idea's on this, with heat concerns. I've built amps from scratch (no pcb's though) and have a good station. Any concerns or idea's would be greatly appreciated. | ||
| Mike Kaus (mm210) Username: mm210 Registered: 05-2006 |
Depends on your skill of course. The ones in the dog house are no big deal, they are easy. The ones on the bias supply board are a little different but not much. If you have good soldering skills, you know what's too hot. The bias board is pretty forgiving since it's pretty old school pcb. The only one that's tough at all are the ones on the driver board because of size limitations. They are packed in there pretty tight but still, the traces are pretty robust compared to some of the crap today. Just go fast and keep clean. Keep your iron hot and well tinned to fascillitate good heat transfer and you should be fine. If you burn a trace, you can always do like we do and just use a piece of lead wire to solder to the next located point. Make sure you use good wetting solder, scrape the leads on the new caps to make sure they are corrosion free and go. Mike. |