Guest DustyDeviada Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 I need a small component soldered onto a printed circuit board, can anybody recommend a good electronics expert in Aberdeen that won't charge me a minimum of 50 just to look at the thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 I need a small component soldered onto a printed circuit board, can anybody recommend a good electronics expert in Aberdeen that won't charge me a minimum of 50 just to look at the thing?Can you be a bit more specific as to what you want soldered onto it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Yep, basically I dropped my iPod and knackered the screen, thought I would have a go at replacing the screen myself, which went fine until the very last stage which involved plugging the battery ribbon cable back into a wee connector, when doing this I somehow ripped the wee connecteor off the printed circuit board. As I say, very wee, so a fairly intricate job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Should be fairly easy to solder yourself if it's a printed circuit board?Bish bash bosh, job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neutral Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 A soldering iron can be as little as 10the Homecraft style store on george street has them and you can pick up smaller nibs for smaller details at b&q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Nah, I have a soldering iron, but this is really, really small.The tv repair people I've phoned won't touch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Nah, I have a soldering iron, but this is really, really small.The tv repair people I've phoned won't touch it. I would offer to do it but it's as small as you say it is i don't think any of the nibs i've got at work would be any good :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 I know the connection you're talking about as I've looked into doing this for someone before. (It may even have been yourself under a different name.)It's a pretty tricky job and to be honest I don't think I could do the job justice with just a soldering iron. These connectors are factory soldered in a solder bath. You'd end up burning the PCB plastic or using too big a blob if you tried to add more solder. (If you do try it yourself, don't be tempted to use a solder-sucker to remove the old solder. Smaller jobs require solder wick.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Nope, wasn't me, I only broke it on Monday. Looks like I'm going to have to post it off to an iPod expert to see if they can do anything, I'm loathe to fork out for a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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