Years of working electronics didnt prepare me for something the maker never intended any body to work on.
had one board only needed one off/on/off switch.
had one board all it had on it was the switch needed.
easy job,un solder two switches and solder the good one back in..
four hours later,,,,,,,,,,,,,
have to use oem switch,the pins are not center but align the side.
the pins have crimped on brass barrels, ( seen this before) ..
the traces for the switch are on the same side of the board as the switch.
when the pins are soldered on the backside of the board the solder travels up the brass barrel to the trace under the switch.
un soldering can/did lift the traces. two out of three.
i meter traced each pole of the switch to the cable connector.
that has no place to solder to as the pins dont go all the way thru the board and the trace is under the connector.
jumper wires and a mag glass got it done..
the smell of burned fingers and burned plastic trying to get a small tip into the connector i am used to.
the melted two pin connector no problem as the other end was long ago broken and gone.
so tweezers to push the wires on and hot glue a second time fastened every thing.
meter checked everything and pulling and yanking insured all fastening would hold.
installed and some FUGLY looking but hardware manager showed everything working properly
this repair should not even be attempted...four hours of work..
for a 1/2 blind old man with the tremors,,a lot of work.
had one board only needed one off/on/off switch.
had one board all it had on it was the switch needed.
easy job,un solder two switches and solder the good one back in..
four hours later,,,,,,,,,,,,,
have to use oem switch,the pins are not center but align the side.
the pins have crimped on brass barrels, ( seen this before) ..
the traces for the switch are on the same side of the board as the switch.
when the pins are soldered on the backside of the board the solder travels up the brass barrel to the trace under the switch.
un soldering can/did lift the traces. two out of three.
i meter traced each pole of the switch to the cable connector.
that has no place to solder to as the pins dont go all the way thru the board and the trace is under the connector.
jumper wires and a mag glass got it done..
the smell of burned fingers and burned plastic trying to get a small tip into the connector i am used to.
the melted two pin connector no problem as the other end was long ago broken and gone.
so tweezers to push the wires on and hot glue a second time fastened every thing.
meter checked everything and pulling and yanking insured all fastening would hold.
installed and some FUGLY looking but hardware manager showed everything working properly
this repair should not even be attempted...four hours of work..
for a 1/2 blind old man with the tremors,,a lot of work.
