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gutter0909

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Hey all,

Second pedal not working right off the bat and second thread I've started. No shorts, everything seems to be wired up correctly compared to the directions. The power works, LED is good but no sound with effect off or on. No sound period. I get the buzz if I touch the tip soldering point for both the input and output.

I'm so lost. I'm also getting discouraged because I'm 1 for 3 so far for pedals that aren't kits and I've screwed up 2 enclosures with crap drilling.

Please help! Thanks in advance.
 

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I do my solder joints like that and don't have a problem, though I do drag the tip of my iron up the component legs (it's very sensual) to draw excess solder away from the joint first.

If you think about it there is more cross sectional area to provide support for the component inside the solder thru hole than there is on the face of the board.

One exception to this would be components that are subject to mechanical stress that are not secured to the enclosure, like some board mounted DC jacks. For those I would flood the whole area with solder

Anyway if you're not getting continuity on the other side of the footswitch, like Buddy suggested, that could be your problem right there.
 
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For all the movement the resistors and caps make when they sit on my pedal board in my house and never move....

Anyway, I've now put in 3 different 3dpts with 0 change in the status. I've seriously given up. This is going on the shelf.
 
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jwin615 said:
It's not about providing support. It's about the mechanical stress on the joint and plating when you are trimming the lead and fillet.
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The problem with using that video as an example is they are using single sided circuit boards, whereas our boards are 2 sided and each hole not only has pads on each side, but there is plating inside the hole that connects both pads. The solder makes contact with the pads on both the top and the bottom, as well as the interior of the hole. All of this means the components are much more securely in place compared to a single sided board and are not as delicate as they might be on a board like the one used in that 68 year old video
 
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