Hello! I had a question about replacing a pot on a class D amp I purchased. The enclosure I made for the amp requires that the volume potentiometer is detached from the board and wired a short distance to the front of the enclosure. The amp that I purchased already has a potentiometer attached. My plan was to heat up the connection terminals from the bottom then yank off the old pot. Please let me know if thats the best way to do it.
My main question though, is if there are any wires out there that come premade with the connection pins so that I can solder them into place easily and just run them to the pot? Or will I have to solder individual wires to each pot terminal. Just to be clear, I have a stereo pot so it has 6 connection pins.
Thank you!
My main question though, is if there are any wires out there that come premade with the connection pins so that I can solder them into place easily and just run them to the pot? Or will I have to solder individual wires to each pot terminal. Just to be clear, I have a stereo pot so it has 6 connection pins.
Thank you!
You need the following:
1. A desoldering pump to suck the solder off the pins of the potentiometer so you can easily remove it from the PCB. Now you should have 2 rows of 3 holes each where the pot used to be.
2. Get some header pins and female jumpers from your local electronic store, or from:
Jumpers and Headers for Circuit Prototyping
3. Solder 6 header pins to the PCB, where the old pot was.
4. Connect the header pins to your new pot using the female jumpers.
Hope this helps.
1. A desoldering pump to suck the solder off the pins of the potentiometer so you can easily remove it from the PCB. Now you should have 2 rows of 3 holes each where the pot used to be.
2. Get some header pins and female jumpers from your local electronic store, or from:
Jumpers and Headers for Circuit Prototyping
3. Solder 6 header pins to the PCB, where the old pot was.
4. Connect the header pins to your new pot using the female jumpers.
Hope this helps.
You are awesome! These are the exact tips I needed!
I may however need to buy a new amp. The other day I used the solder gun to melt the pins out one side and used pliers to yank them once they were far enough out. However in the process, one of the traces came off the board.
Is it possible to just connect a wire from the terminal the trace comes from and connect it to where the trace leads? Or am I screwed concerning that board?
Thanks again!
I may however need to buy a new amp. The other day I used the solder gun to melt the pins out one side and used pliers to yank them once they were far enough out. However in the process, one of the traces came off the board.
Is it possible to just connect a wire from the terminal the trace comes from and connect it to where the trace leads? Or am I screwed concerning that board?
Thanks again!
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