b00galah
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Soooo ..... I made a really dumb mistake while I was soldering last night and was hoping someone could help me. I have some knowledge of electronics but not enough to troubleshoot. It is just enough to be dangerous.
Anyway Last night I was removing some blown caps from a power supply board. While soldering I made a big mistake and cant believe I did it. I put the last bit of a solder reel on my soldering iron to remind me to buy more. Well I forgot to remove it. When I was desoldering that little reminder (solder wrapped around my iron cord) touched the board. When it did that it most have touched leads of a component. Small flash and made a pop noise. In a visual inspection of the board I did not see any blown caps or sign of damage. I have not tested the board with the new caps yet because I want to waste them if I fired the board. Could it be possible that this discharged one of the caps?
I was hoping someone could either guide me in the right direction on how to test the board to find a bad component or let me know what stupid thing I did and what might have happened. I have a multimeter at hand but not really sure how to follow the path to find the possible bad guy.
Thank you and I appreciate your help.
Soooo ..... I made a really dumb mistake while I was soldering last night and was hoping someone could help me. I have some knowledge of electronics but not enough to troubleshoot. It is just enough to be dangerous.
Anyway Last night I was removing some blown caps from a power supply board. While soldering I made a big mistake and cant believe I did it. I put the last bit of a solder reel on my soldering iron to remind me to buy more. Well I forgot to remove it. When I was desoldering that little reminder (solder wrapped around my iron cord) touched the board. When it did that it most have touched leads of a component. Small flash and made a pop noise. In a visual inspection of the board I did not see any blown caps or sign of damage. I have not tested the board with the new caps yet because I want to waste them if I fired the board. Could it be possible that this discharged one of the caps?
I was hoping someone could either guide me in the right direction on how to test the board to find a bad component or let me know what stupid thing I did and what might have happened. I have a multimeter at hand but not really sure how to follow the path to find the possible bad guy.
Thank you and I appreciate your help.