Will I also need new rings for the vias (?). Sorry I’m just learning all this terminology.
I have a couple through holes missing the rings. The traces(?) are pretty short but are pretty badly damaged from the gate resistor campfire I had. I’m guessing I will need the wire method.
On a side note, I took this in to the only repair shop I could find in my area only to walk out disgusted and ticked off with how they treated and talked to me. It was so bad my angel of a Wife was about to tear into him!! What a shame he is the only dirtbag I can find to fix this.
Oh yeah, to add insult to injury he pulled a so called “medium sized repairable amp” off the shelf after he stated my 450/4 was such aBIG amp....the amp he shows me was an old rusty Directed paperweight, lol. I told him those belong in the dumpster after they blow. Who pays $100’s to fix a $20 amp?!?! WTH
Sounds like the guy had a "holier than thou" attitude maybe he should be reminded that God counts woman's tears. What a jack-a55!
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You could use thru hole resistors instead of the original SMD and bend the legs appropriately to make the correct connections. That will save you from trying to solder jumpers to SMD parts. The drivers don't look like they got too toasty, be sure to check and see if any have shorted though.
This is an example of a basket-case amp I use in the shop. The 1/8w resistors are wrapped around the gate legs of the FETs. The other legs of the resistors that go to one set of drivers are connected together and then go the emitter of the drivers. Here, the drivers had damaged to board too badly so I used BD139/140 transistors in their place.You'll want to use a small, flexible wire to connect to the drivers so you don't stress the solder pads. Ise something like a strip off of a computer ribbon cable.
You also need to bend the center leg so that it doesn't form a rigid triangle when soldered into the board.
After you get the FETs soldered in, also solder the 3rd leg on top of the board in case the via was damaged.
You also need to bend the center leg so that it doesn't form a rigid triangle when soldered into the board.
After you get the FETs soldered in, also solder the 3rd leg on top of the board in case the via was damaged.
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