Repairing broken traces on a circuit board
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ธ.ค. 2019
- Broken traces are quite common, especially on vintage computers where corrosion has set in. Here are a few helpful tips for providing strong, long-lasting repairs for broken traces.
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I don't even work on boards and have never touched a soldering iron but here I am watching and learning. thanks.
I can't believe I've just sat and watched it myself but I'm glad I did 🤘🏼
You guys should start haha.
@@umeshkirant I'm confident enough to give it a go now to say iv not much in the way of exsperance
@@umeshkirant truth is I've always been intrigued by this type of work. Even as a child I would take apart a radio or other electronic product just to look at the inside, wondering how everything works and having fun with tearing it down and putting it back together. maybe I should start.
That's my favorite thing about youtube. Always learning from other people
You just helped me repair a trace on my water heater’s thermostat circuit board. Thanks to you I was able to take a hot shower! Thanks a million!
I'm a self taught soldering freak. Thank you for making these videos.
Me too! And i can fix leaky copper plumbing too!
😁👍
A thing that most Jeffs also do. I aproove 😆
Any tip for a newbie? I would like to learn but im at zero knowledge atm
This was amazing and such a big help!!! It might sound silly but the motherboard of my tamagotchi was messed up and thanks to your video I was able to perform a total miracle! 🤯🤩🥳 Thank you for this video!!!!!!!!!
This video is pure gold, I recently got into repairing old school audio and this helped me SO MUCH. brought back an Old Clarion 7-band Equalizer
It's copper, actually. 😂
@@C3DPropShop No it's flux, actually
In 23 minutes and 49 seconds you have shown me why I’ve always struggled repairing a pcb and most times cracking the shits and throwing the device away out of frustration. Thank you so much.
Today was the day I decided I wanted to learn more about board repairs. Thank you for sharing the knowledge. This looks pretty peaceful if one has all the right gear, supplies and patience.
BTW, I really like how you teach professional methods for repairing these boards. I really get annoyed at certain TH-camr's who take the pliers to caps without even bothering to see if hot air would work. Then gloss over them with nail polish. Your methods just seem more professional. Hell, it's almost like you actually CARE about the end results. :-)
I have a samsung aircon remote control with the smallest copper tracks you ever did see. I purchased the strongest reading glasses I could buy and they certainly magnified enough for me to do the job. I am normally ik doing these types of jobs but your video was so brilliant that it made my task run so smoothly. If I can impart some helpful hints, theys are: The board in the damaged tracks were corroded and bluish green corrosion product over the tracks. Possibly copper Chloride. I successfully removed this with a fine stiff paintbrush agitating CilitBang (citric acid) on the area and leaving it for 20mins. Then washed it off with water and dabs of tissue. The other tip I used was as the break in the tracks were so small, I shone a torch light from the otherside of the board and then the broken track could easily be observed.. Thankyou once again for such a down to earth and well informed video, you are quite a star.
Fantastic and thorough breakdown of an intimidating piece of repair! Many thanks.
Thank you so much! Your video has enough detailed information and shows all the steps yet is concise!
Last night I blew a trace on an expensive piece of equipment by accidentally connecting it in reverse polarity.
Your video undid my mistake and she works just fine now!
It’s guys like you that make TH-cam great!
WOW! This video has helped me lear what Ive been trying to learn on my own for the last twelve months, but in 20 minutes! THANKS SO MUCH! 😀
Forgot to add something, you mentioned in the intro that once the repair was complete, to check for continuity. I don't suppose you have a video for that too do you mate?
Well done, I finally found someone who does repairs like I do!
You sir are a legend, your voice is so calmed and your explanatory skills are amazing, i wish my school teachers would be half as good as you on explaining things.
Thank you so much it really helped me to repair a broken trace on My Mitsubishi Colt Ecu.
The world needs more people like you Sir.
God bless you and best of luck
Beautifully done. Love the fact you take the time to follow the trace path, as you say not always entirely necessary (but sometimes is!) but a bit of quality all the same.
Excellent description of tools, procedure, and technique. Well done sir.
This was a great reminder. It’s been a while since I did any of this. We usually just replace circuit boards but right now we are making do and mending!
My father just sent me an old trace repair kit from the 80s, it is awesome! Thousands of various sized "trace materials" I can cut to size. This is gonna make this so much easier!
Outstanding. You have the patience of a saint! I thought my job was tedious (doing 3D Cad routing for automotive) but yours definitely tops it.
Exactly what I was after. Thanks for taking the time!
What a fantastic video. Concise, clear and packed with useful info. I've thrown stuff away in the past because traces were broken, but next time I will certainly have a go at repair. Thanks!
Very gratifying, watching you work. Thank you for the education!
Thank you sir for your video, it's amazing to have people like you continuing to offer us education. The learning never stops :)
Outstanding video! Thank you so much! I think this is going to save my SIIG controller board in my new used 386 tower from circa 1990, and finally make it able to use hard drives after 3 months of troubleshooting!
I've got a globe 3875v control board to repair and jumped on here to refresh myself. Great video. Everything I needed, great focus and no extra bs. Subscribed and checking out your other content.
You make it look easy im sure someone new can't do it that smooth with the finesse you have. Great job and thanks for the information
This was a very good video. I also finally learned about how flux seems to make solder adhere to the copper in that tinning process, something I see many repair youtubers do to solder a bunch of little pads at once but never understood how they didn't short out every single pad with solder everywhere.
What a great instructional video this is what most people look for. Makes a change from the condescending videos that are all over TH-cam where they basically put you off attempting any repair yourself, how can you ever learn by doing that and who wants to risk shipping expensive irreplaceable electronic parts like Amiga motherboards etc.
Awesome tutorial. Thanks for this. Its always nice to see how its done through the scope. Now to get a scope...
I wish I could afford one, I am saving up, as my eyes are like Bruce's and need all the help they can get!
Great video. This pooped up in my recommended videos, and I hope TH-cam continue to give you the exposure you deserve.
I love it when things poop up unexpectedly! Cheers!
@@dsmithwc04 🤣🤣🤣 Hadn't noticed until you pointed it out. You've made my day.
Nice job, really neat trace repairs 👍
This is just perfect. I'm fairly new to soldering, but this video makes me wanna improve my skills. Very detailed and clearly explained! Keep it up😃
Winner of a video, I have been researching "how long does epoxy take to cure?" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Ever heard of - Giyathan Bewildering Gratification - (do a google search ) ? It is a great one off product for discovering how to repair your electronic items like a wizard minus the headache. Ive heard some super things about it and my neighbour got amazing success with it.
You've got a great demeanor Branchus and your videos are well made. I can tell your channel is going to blow up in time. Subed. The video that brought me in was recapping the Mac Color Classic. I don't have one but I've been doing a bit of research on TH-cam thinking about buying one.
Excellent video as always Bruce! This is a great tutorial on trace repair, I now feel confident enough to try and troubleshoot my Quadra 840 AV. :)
This is glorious, been searching for "how to repair a printed circuit board" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Giyathan Bewildering Gratification - (do a google search ) ? It is a good one of a kind product for discovering how to repair your electronic items like a wizard without the normal expense. Ive heard some interesting things about it and my mate got cool success with it.
Awesome to watch, great explanation on how you go about repairing the trace, keep up the great work. Thank you 🇦🇺🇦🇺
Standing ovation. One of the clearest soldering i have ever seen.
@Albanellys Zurita i repeared my first track past december. Not so clean job.
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Really detailed tutorial! Thanks a lot.
that was so satisfying to watch
just started n still watching (my 1st vid here) but reading from the comments, on top of crisps clear talks audio got me hooked. subscribed n hoping to watch the rest of your videos in near future. thanks for sharing the knowledge n experience.
You make it look so easy and no doubt you’re an Aussie. Thanks mate!
For all the years ive been deguging boards ive never thought of reparing a trace this wzy. I would just run a jumper, but your work was no nice and so well explained i might give this a try. Thx for sharing.
Wow. If I knew a circuit board could be repaired, I would not have discarded the board. Thanks for the video.
Excellent, your knowledge has helped me with no end of bits and bobs 👍
Thank you for making these videos.
Very useful info! I know next to nothing about soldering, and your videos that i've watched have given me the confidence to do it correctly. I hope! I've also watched your vids on AMTECH NC-559-V3-TF and will be ordering some.
Hands down, the best and most complete repair video I've come across. What, no tip / thanks button? I guess just a 'thank you' very much will have to do! You are saving people a lot of money. I'm going to attempt to fix my furnace / a/c board following your detailed instructions. Will save me hundreds if it works! A brand new circuit board has a fried spot due to a power storm surge. Hope this works for me.
respect from Romania; thanks for sharing
Excellent Video!! All procedures well explained. Direct and to the point.! I learned a new skill, now for some practice.
Thanks a lot for this video ! Really needed this !
Thanks, it seems that contrary to popular belief, you can indeed teach common sense. I have been working on old electronics for much of my adult life, and several years of my youth. Growing up in the 50's and seeing the transformation from tubes to transistors has been a pleasure, and IC's have always amazed me. The use of fine tipped soldering irons has become a necessity now with the fine PC boards and tiny leads of the ever smaller devices now used in modern builds. This was very enlightening for me, I recently purchased an old 1958 model tube set with an early PC board. A previous owner had repaired the bad ground by stripping a stranded power cord and soldering it around the outside to repair the many broken traces from some liquid spill back in the day. I have yet to revive the set but this video should help me in restoring the old set to it's previous glory.
Real professional. Excellent video thanks from Srilanka
Thanks for this video. Very clean.
This is very well presented and informative! Unfortunately, the most information I have taken away from all this is that I don't have the means to repair the damaged board of my Xbox controller where I have soldered in new bumper buttons SEVERAL times, damaging the board a bit each time as I don't have a ton of experience. (ex gf somehow kept dropping the controller on the same bumper and wrecking the small button inside lol.) I have plenty of controllers and all I just like learning and fixing things 😁
Best trace repiar video on TH-cam!!!
ive watched two of your videos mate and im hooked, just subscribed. thanks passing on your Art.
Very nice, thank you for sharing your experience & knowledge !!
Great video with awesome explanation, going to give it a go on my fridge control board. Also, not exactly the work station I would expect a Mopar shirt👍CHEERS!
Beautiful. You’re an artist
Awesome! This was very helpful!
Great content Sir! thanks for your videos
Beautiful work. Inspiring.
Thanks, a really great video, this has inspired me to re-try the soldering on a project I made a real hash of last weekend..
Very neat and tidy. Professional job.
very well made video, you did explain things nice and calmly
Incredible. I will be revisiting this. Ty Ty Ty!! Ste Rose du Lac, MB, Canada!
Very very informative, thanks to you I have successfully fixed my vintage 8 track porta studio😊
Thank you kind sir. You just helped me with creating a wireable access repair for a gauge cluster that the plug end of the circuit board was broken off
Legend! Thank you so much for your excellent teachings.
Man, that was pro for sure. Thanks for the video!
This is pretty common during R&D. If you are doing repair you should cover with soldermask or conformal coating after a good clean to stop the oxidation/corrosion getting worse. It's often a good idea to re-tin traces showing corrosion.
He does more than tin the traces he overlays them with copper wire. It is impressive. I was thinking the same thing about the conformal coating. Although not necessary prob not a terrible idea.
Thank you for making this great video Sir. I just wish I had steady hands again! You make it look easy.
@@johncox6666I think Pentachronic means other traces, where continuity is present but they are corroded so it's going to go away soon most probably.
But looks like in this video the goal was mot to fix a board so no point wasting time. It looked like it was some random old pcb picked for video since it most probably going to have a lot of areas with broken traces.
Btw, I understand I'm paranoid and overthinking but almost every time after cutting excess wire with a blade it looked like trace behind it is also cut. If not still it would be very important to mention something like "be careful not to cut the trace when cutting a wire". Stupid but for some reason almost all of us never think about it before it does happen 😅
P.s. thanks for the video. Most of "repair" either just do those "small precise motorics" very quickly rarely mentioning the details or just quickly go over them without putting accent on it. This video was a "calm experienced guy slowly and friendly showing basic things". Amazing ❤
That was a really clean job. It didn't tickle my OCD :)
Very informative and helpful - Many Thanks
Holy cow this man is good
Nicely done. Thanks for the video!
Only by chance I came across this video. very impressive, great information and the technique you use make it look so easy. I will give it try and see how I get on, after all it was an amateur that built the ark and professionals built the Titanic.
Man it's not your first Rodeo !! Well done !
That's a pretty good job, well done !
Great demo!
Marvelous content and explanation! Congratulations! :)
Reviewing all I can before I jump into mounting a couple of simple kits . Great videos! Just like double checking with the instructor..... Safety first
Fantastic! Very helpful. Thanks!!
Excellent tutorial for repairing my ‘81 Mercedes instrument cluster. Thank you.
That was truly awesome :))
Thank you sir! I was able to repair a music sequencer that I love because of your sharing.
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Great follow up to the pad repair video!
this is great. This will help me get better for sure. Thank you.
Great video, very educational.
Thanks a lot!
Awesome watched 4 videos so far none of them had all information this one did thanks
I love your neat and sharp skills.
Thanks for teaching me something.
Great. Plus, I could listen to your voice all day
Very nice and complete. I would add my stone : in some 'hardcore'' situations, think about scrapping the copper track from the outside to the border of the cut.. And I would cut the fixing wire before soldering it too.
Thanks again very instructive.
Thank you for this wonderful video !
Really great to learn this, thank you so much
Very well explained. I am going to try it on my circuit damaged by battery fumes. Thanks bro.
Amazing! Thanks for the lesson!
Thanks for this I needed it to fix my 90 year old great grandma's humidifier
Nice set of skills here... Very instructive video. Thanks!
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Thank you for posting , great help !