So most of my caps came today except for one, because Element14 screwed up my order.
I used a soldering iron for the first time. The first cap came off easy, the second a bit harder, and I couldn't even melt the solder on the third.
I read the cause of my problem is not tinning the solder bit. Well, i saw online you can just use solder to tin it, but when I tried to use my solder the solder either dripped off into a ball or vaporised.
Tomorrow I am going to buy one of those hair gel type tins of proper solder tinner.
I teared the circuits on the board a bit, but I didn't break them. I think they will be fine once cleaned up and the new caps are soldered in.
I took a photo of the board for those wishing to admire my A grade soldering skills.
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So I did soldering for the first time.
I did it without flux.
The first solder took half an hour, by the end 10 minutes. I made sure I bridged the torn circuits.
My 15 or 20 watt soldering iron sucks. I cant desolder or solder at the tip. Thats the problem I was having with desoldering. It doesn't get hot enough. I need to use the top of the tip.
I figured out why I was having trouble desoldering. I was trying to desolder the metal around the hole on the board. Haha
Well i did 5/7 caps but it didn't fix the problem. I think its the 2.2 uf/450 volt cap in the middle of the board that connects from the transformer. That's the one I'm waiting for.
It could be the big cap though. I have the big cap but didn't do it because it is suppose to be glued to the board with white silicon and I don't have any. I want to do it exactly how it is, but maybe I'll get desperate so we'll see when the other cap arrives.
Here is my art. The main soldering was done on the left. The blobs from having to use the top of the soldering tip.
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Yes, i hope it is that i'd like to see you get this going again.Thanks
Yes, I was wondering if perhaps it's something else, but what else is there? Everything else looks solid-state.
It probably is that little cap. Little cap @ 450 volts next to big parts. It looks and sounds like it takes a lot of stress. And the fact this part was harder to source suggests it is a part that commonly fails.