Cold Solder

Luckyboy1

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I've got a capacitor that broke a lead and heat is not an option. Is there a cold product that can fix a small joint?
 

GalvanizedYankee

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Change the cap out. ASUS boards generally use slightly higher temp solder.
Use a grounded 40~50W iron, go in hot & fast. Use a Panasonic, Sanyo or Rubycon cap
with the same voltage, capacitance can be increased. On mainboards low ESR caps are speced. Oh! A 2mm wide spade/chisel tip works better than pointy ones.

I doubt repair techs would go for other solutions. But if you wish to try, plz post your
success or lack of it. Do note: If epoxy is used, clean-up for a proper repair will be a pita.
Plus, any increase in resistance will lower capacitance.

Search, "trace repair" or "cold trace repair" Good luck. I'd never do it. :)


...Galvanized
 

Luckyboy1

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Not an option Gal, distances far too short, space too cramped and capacitor too obscure in design and needed specs to work correctly in the application.
 

nycdude

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There are cold solder handheld guns available but how good they work is another story. Seen those in infomercials.

Hey take a look here
 

jonnyGURU

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No no no... I use one of those.

That little guy works as a mini arc welder. The electrical arc that it creates generate A LOT of heat very quickly. It's only called "Cold Heat" because it doesn't have to heat up and cools down almost instantly but it's still HOT! Burnt the crap out of myself when I touched something I had heated up with it.
 

Shmalls

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I know you said heat isnt an option, and without seeing a picture of what your working with i dont really know what to tell you. The only thing i can say is, if you do go with traditional "HOT" solder *DO NOT* i repeat do not use an electircal soldering gun. They create a powerfull magnetic field around the tip of the gun... and we all know how much electical devices love magnets!!!
 

GalvanizedYankee

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Originally posted by: Shmalls
I know you said heat isnt an option, and without seeing a picture of what your working with i dont really know what to tell you. The only thing i can say is, if you do go with traditional "HOT" solder *DO NOT* i repeat do not use an electircal soldering gun. They create a powerfull magnetic field around the tip of the gun... and we all know how much electical devices love magnets!!!

As long as the iron's tip is grounded your good to go, as per badcaps.net. I guess the
guys that have been recapping for 40+years don't know. You might want to go over there
and clue'em in ;)


...Galvanized