After installing Speedball, only one half of the tube heats up [resolved]

[Paul Birkeland]

Also, the temperature should be cranked as high as that iron will go.  A 3-5 second heating on all the solder joints except the LEDs should get the solder to flow through those board holes.

[FruityPlasmid]

Yes, I do, its ok to ask. I'll be honest, I'm really REALLY bad at this, with the Crack being my first project ever.

[Paul Birkeland]

Try a 3-5 second count while you're heating up those joints. You'll see the solder appear to sink a little bit when it wicks into the board through holes.

[FruityPlasmid]

I did what you said but i got nothing, maybe i broke the LEDs, I have already broken around 3 of them previously

[Paul Birkeland]

LEDs can be tested by some meters by using the diode setting. 

[FruityPlasmid]

I wish i found that out earlier, 2 of the 4 LEDs don't work

[FruityPlasmid]

After replacing the LEDs, i also moved 2N2222A from the A side of the board a little higher, and now the voltages seem to normalize a bit

OA - 110
OB - 198.1
B+ - 181.1
G - 0

i think the issue is that in the manual i doesn't give an example of how high off the transistor should be off of the PCB, so i left it pretty close, but now that i learn how to desolder the leads, i hop tomorrow afternoon i can be done, will update.

[Paul Birkeland]

It might also help to see how the soldering on the bottom of your board looks.

Having a high voltage at OB means very little current is passing through that half of the big Speedball board, which still points to solder joints or a broken wire (or potentially a flaky solder joint at B2/B5).

-PB

[FruityPlasmid]

I made some progress, all the LEDs light up now but OB still has 181V and the LEDs, D1 and D2 on B side, light up almost exactly when i turn the crack on. This was the problem previously but i don't know how i fixed it

[Paul Birkeland]

It still looks like there are some soldering issues that are preventing this board from working.  It might be worth considering a flat rate repair to get this project up and running. 

[FruityPlasmid]

I DID IT. What i did exactly was applied more heat to the TIP-50 Transistor to the point where you can see the solder on the top side of the board. Can't wait to have a more extensive listen tomorrow morning