duhvoodooman wrote:
Inability to get a solder joint to adhere on the PCB is most often due to the solder pad having been ripped off. This is usually caused by insufficient care in desoldering a previously installed component. Not saying you did that, but thought I would just mention that as a possible cause.
What are some "workarounds" if this happens? I had it happen when I replaced a broken switch on my Divided Octave recently (see "insufficient care" above
). Unfortunately the next pad along the circuit from where the switch attached wasn't a normal solder pad, it was barely a pinhole just below a socket. I was able to make an "L" out of a clipped resistor lead and get it just barely soldered to the pinhole, the other end to the switch leg. It worked, but I wondered if there was a better way to repair a detached pad?
Timely thread- thanks!. I have the same problem with my smallbear Fuzz E-1. Everything works fine except the fuzz pot. I'll get right on it!