Five minute epoxy can be used to glue down an improvised replacement pad made out of copper foil or even the flattened end of a piece of bare or tinned copper wire, cut long enough to lap slightly over the remaining trace. Use only the smallest touch of epoxy. After gluing the epoxy will really set almost immediately with the heat from the subsequent tinning/soldering operation, but best not to use tip hotter than 700F. As long as the epoxy has not formed a bead surrounding the repair pad, you can scrape off some solder mask on the trace leading up to the edge of the repair pad and use solder to easily bridge from the repair pad down to the trace surface. If there is an epoxy excess you carve it out of the way with an xacto blade so you can solder bridge the replacement pad to the original trace, and also so the replacement capacitor tab can sit flush on the replacement pad.
Post #11 by wally
| Source Forum | Capacitor replacement — #11 |
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| Category | Troubleshooting |
| Post Date | Fri, 3 Aug 2007 - 06:43 |
| Original URL | https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/capacitor-replacement.9319/ |
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