Component leads and PCBs
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evm1024
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What's the best way to accomodate larger component leads without damaging the board/ traces? I'm upgrading capacitors in a pair of Apex 460s and the Capacitor leads on the new parts are just a hair too big.
I've used steel wire or a drill bit that fits the existing hole. You put the bit in and rotate the end without turning the bit (and thus not removing material in a through hole). The idea is to expand the diameter of the hole.
A large needle would work too.
Regards, Ethan
If the PCB is a single sided PCB without plated through holes and the Pad is big enough you can make the hole bigger with a mini drill bit , otherwise just use a smaller gauge wire and solder one end to the PCB trace and the other to the component , you can also solder directly to the traces on the underside of the board but might need to scrape away a bit of solder mask .....
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