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Offline Tenacious

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Re: A3000 led pcb
« on: May 12, 2008, 03:26:28 PM »
If the actual LEDs are still intact.  They could be unsoldered and reused.

If I recall, this board has nothing but the LEDs on it, maybe a couple of resistors and the connecting wires.  Into how many pieces is the original broken?  Can it not be re-assembled (perhaps glued) and the traces repaired with solder and bus wire?

You might be waiting a long time for a replacement.
 

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Re: A3000 led pcb
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2008, 01:16:47 AM »
@ Jiffy

The beauty of reusing/repairing the original board is spacing for all the components and the mounting hole is perfect.  The 3000's cover will slide in place with no fuss (or damage).

We need a tutorial on soldering, maybe on Wikipedia.  The hazard is applying heat for too long (more than 20 seconds).  The Junctions in the LEDs can overheat and fail.  If you really over-do it, the traces will lift off the circuit board.  A 25 to 30 Watt iron (15 Watts is too slow) is good for quick heat.

I have to eat dinner!  Good Luck.