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Bottlehead Kits => Legacy Kit Products => Paramount => Topic started by: JP on December 14, 2012, 03:17:32 PM

Title: Something wrong with the PCBs?
Post by: JP on December 14, 2012, 03:17:32 PM

All,

I was looking at the shunt regulated active load PC boards that I received, and they look a bit different.

I'm not a HW person but passed the photos listed below by a few people at the office and the feedback was that if it's copper, then I can just clean it off with alcohol and it should be fine.  If it's gold plated, then they were suggesting that there would still be good copper underneath and scrubbing them a bit would work, or request a replacement.  Are these gold or copper plated?

http://www.jponthe.net/images/jp_has_concerns.jpg
http://www.jponthe.net/images/jp_thinks_its_okay.jpg
http://www.jponthe.net/images/the_two_together.jpg

Appreciate your feedback.

Thanks!

JP

Title: Re: Something wrong with the PCBs?
Post by: Steve_in_NV on December 14, 2012, 05:32:37 PM

I don't think I would scrub them with anything, will the lands take solder?  Probably best thing is replacement, mine did not look like that.

Title: Re: Something wrong with the PCBs?
Post by: grufti on December 14, 2012, 05:44:52 PM

The bad one looks bad. Don't waste your time trying to make it work. I'm sure you can get it replaced by Bottlehead HQ.

Title: Re: Something wrong with the PCBs?
Post by: Paul Birkeland on December 14, 2012, 07:16:27 PM

This looks like flux residue, you can remove it with a tooth brush and alcohol if you want, or solder to it and watch it bubble to the surface.

-PB

Title: Re: Something wrong with the PCBs?
Post by: JP on December 20, 2012, 10:39:45 AM

I spoke with Bottlehead HQ and they said it should be fine.  So I've moved forward with my build.