bnitch Posted September 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 I was trying to insert the board into a Florio box and ended up lifting the battery neg pad. it didn't seem to break the trace so I have superglued it back down. My main concern is could it have also torn a neg trace going to the balance plug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Scientist Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 bnitch said:I was trying to insert the board into a Florio box and ended up lifting the battery neg pad. it didn't seem to break the trace so I have superglued it back down. My main concern is could it have also torn a neg trace going to the balance plug. Balance connector ground is not connected to B- pad on the board. There are no obvious vias in the B- pad so you should be OK at least as far as the electrical connections. An assessment of whether this might affect power handling capacity of the trace is beyond my knowledge. Hopefully it's OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueridgedog Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 Though not related to fixing yours, I have found that tinned thick wire is a risk if not angled right. After installing a few I found out that I needed to understand the angle the wire needed to take in the case, bend for that angle prior to tinning, otherwise the tinning creates a rigid area much further up the wire then intended, so when you attempt to install the board, the pad takes too much pressure trying to bend the tinned portion of wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnitch Posted September 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 I understand what you are saying and was trying to get that just right angle but was off and the wire was too stiff to far up. Oh well have to install a new fuse also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VapingBad Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 Using heat-shunts helps to prevent the wire getting stiff when tinning and soldering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueridgedog Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Somewhere in the tool box is a soldering heat sink that I have not used in 30 years...it will come to the surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnitch Posted September 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Never seen one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Scientist Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 A pair of hemostats or even a large alligator clip do a pretty good job. In a pinch (no pun intended lol) large tweezers also do the job if you have a free hand to hold them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VapingBad Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 My heat shunts are like small but quite thick aluminium cross lock tweezers (from Maplin IIRC), I also have a pair of aluminium forceps (from Tandy/Radio Shack) that are great for tinning and soldering the thick wire without any solder travailing up the wire and making it stiff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnitch Posted September 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Good idea, but was hard to find one in the States. Finally did so ordered 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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