So….it happened. I soldered pots on in wrong direction, cussed for 10 minutes straight, then sat down to fix the problem. Cussed for 10 more minutes when I saw that I lifted two pads de-soldering. So jumper wires? On the back of the PCB it looks like square pad goes to next pots rightmost post and on front of PCB it looks like mid pad goes to right pad on same pot. Will this work? Cut my losses and order new PCB?
Lifted pads
- Thread starter Atom ant
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Nostradoomus
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Looks like the pad is still good on the top side. The holes are plated through so it should be fine to just hit it from the top.
Alan W
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I’d try the rework. It’s good practice, worth learning. If you understand schematic reading, double check just to play safe.
Even lifted pads can still be connected, and once either a wire or pot leg is soldered with solder that’s run through to the other side will be very secure.
Even lifted pads can still be connected, and once either a wire or pot leg is soldered with solder that’s run through to the other side will be very secure.
