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My lead from the diode broke again when I was trying to fix my loosely-mounted module. The first time, it was the positive wire, now it's the negative wire (there wasn't a very good solder job from the diode to the leads.) My dad had a really hard time fixing it last time, because we only have an average size soldering iron, nothing meant for small components. My dad has taken a 160-hour course on soldering, and if he's saying it's hard, that's not good. Are there any special considerations I will need to tell him for this job, or any advice? Or am I just screwed?

-Mark
 





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rocketparrotlet said:
My lead from the diode broke again when I was trying to fix my loosely-mounted module.  The first time, it was the positive wire, now it's the negative wire (there wasn't a very good solder job from the diode to the leads.) My dad had a really hard time fixing it last time, because we only have an average size soldering iron, nothing meant for small components.  My dad has taken a 160-hour course on soldering, and if he's saying it's hard, that's not good.  Are there any special considerations I will need to tell him for this job, or any advice?  Or am I just screwed?

-Mark
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If this is a blu-ray diode just put a spot of solder over what is left of the negative pin.  That will connect the negative pin to the case.  Then connect your negative wire to the case pin.

If this is a red diode, just solder the negative wire anywhere onto the case.  The case is the negative path.

Peace,
dave
 
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daguin said:
[quote author=rocketparrotlet link=1228549101/0#0 date=1228549100]My lead from the diode broke again when I was trying to fix my loosely-mounted module.  The first time, it was the positive wire, now it's the negative wire (there wasn't a very good solder job from the diode to the leads.) My dad had a really hard time fixing it last time, because we only have an average size soldering iron, nothing meant for small components.  My dad has taken a 160-hour course on soldering, and if he's saying it's hard, that's not good.  Are there any special considerations I will need to tell him for this job, or any advice?  Or am I just screwed?

-Mark
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If this is a blu-ray diode just put a spot of solder over what is left of the negative pin.  That will connect the negative pin to the case.  Then connect your negative wire to the case pin.

If this is a red diode, just solder the negative wire anywhere onto the case.  The case is the negative path.

Peace,
dave[/quote]

It's a blu-ray diode, and it's the negative wire disconnected at the solder joint between the diode pin and the wire leading to the Flexdrive. Are you sure?

-Mark
 
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rocketparrotlet said:
[quote author=daguin link=1228549101/0#1 date=1228549283][quote author=rocketparrotlet link=1228549101/0#0 date=1228549100]My lead from the diode broke again when I was trying to fix my loosely-mounted module.  The first time, it was the positive wire, now it's the negative wire (there wasn't a very good solder job from the diode to the leads.) My dad had a really hard time fixing it last time, because we only have an average size soldering iron, nothing meant for small components.  My dad has taken a 160-hour course on soldering, and if he's saying it's hard, that's not good.  Are there any special considerations I will need to tell him for this job, or any advice?  Or am I just screwed?

-Mark
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If this is a blu-ray diode just put a spot of solder over what is left of the negative pin.  That will connect the negative pin to the case.  Then connect your negative wire to the case pin.[/quote]

It's a blu-ray diode, and it's the negative wire disconnected at the solder joint between the diode pin and the wire leading to the Flexdrive.  Are you sure?

-Mark
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No.  I just really enjoy watching people burn out their diodes.   :mad:

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The case is not connected in any way to the diode inside the case.  So, all you would be doing is making your diode a case ground diode, which also means the driver you use must support a case ground orientation.

I believe all the drivers sold on the forums are case ground drivers.  Otherwise, they wouldn't work with the LPC-815 diode (a red burning diode), which already is case ground.

Before you do the above, take a multimeter and make sure the positive isn't hooked up to the case.
 
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daguin said:
No.  I just really enjoy watching people burn out their diodes.   :mad:

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Sorry. I just thought I explained it really poorly. I realize that you know this much better than me, I just thought I was at fault for a terrible explanation of the problem.

-Mark
 
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If you are not going to invest in a small soldering iron, take a file to the soldering tip and reduce the size at the very end, it will make life easier for fine work.

Regards rog8811
 
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