As a background, I am experiencing the same exact issue detailed here:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=5315
and here:
http://www.electronicrepairguide.com...or-repair.html
Capacitor is visibly bulging at the top and the PCB is discolored in a 1.5" radius around it's position.
That being said, I have never replaced a cap before and I believe I have now damaged the PCB. Basically, I have improperly removed the capacitor and have damaged the embeded foil / trace. While pushing & pulling on the capacitor, the old solder apparently did not get hot enough and tore off taking with it the foil/trace that it was fused to. On the backside of the board, the hole is exposed and you can clearly see that the foil is not coming into contact with the lead port / hole which would mean that the replacement capacitor would not make contact unless action is taken. You can _barely_ see the edge of the foil from the trace just outside where the old solder point is/was.
My question is: Given the knowledge that the trace is extremely wide and is still intact (so it appears), is it kosher to simply run some additional solder ontop of the board to a connecting solder point on that trace? or is that bad, bad, bad?
My only other choice would be to hope that the solder would make a good connection to the *barely* visible section remaining.
well... that or buy a new one ($40 - ouch! & not worth it)
http://www.lcdrepair.us/e152-e153fpc...ter-power.html
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=5315
and here:
http://www.electronicrepairguide.com...or-repair.html
Capacitor is visibly bulging at the top and the PCB is discolored in a 1.5" radius around it's position.
That being said, I have never replaced a cap before and I believe I have now damaged the PCB. Basically, I have improperly removed the capacitor and have damaged the embeded foil / trace. While pushing & pulling on the capacitor, the old solder apparently did not get hot enough and tore off taking with it the foil/trace that it was fused to. On the backside of the board, the hole is exposed and you can clearly see that the foil is not coming into contact with the lead port / hole which would mean that the replacement capacitor would not make contact unless action is taken. You can _barely_ see the edge of the foil from the trace just outside where the old solder point is/was.
My question is: Given the knowledge that the trace is extremely wide and is still intact (so it appears), is it kosher to simply run some additional solder ontop of the board to a connecting solder point on that trace? or is that bad, bad, bad?
My only other choice would be to hope that the solder would make a good connection to the *barely* visible section remaining.
well... that or buy a new one ($40 - ouch! & not worth it)
http://www.lcdrepair.us/e152-e153fpc...ter-power.html
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