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lazyboy
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Hey folks,
I'm trying to do my teenage neighbor a favor by repairing his Peavy bass amp. The input jack was broken because it is one of those cheap variety components with plastic housing and four little ears that protrude down into the printed circuit board to connect the rest of the circuitry.
It seems logical enough that I should be able to wire in a new input jack, but I'm troubled by the fact that there is continuity between the tip and sleeve solder points on the PCB itself. Should it be like that?
First off, am I making sense?
I already tried soldering in a new jack with the appropriate connections for each of the four ears that were on the old jack. Didn't work. I wonder if I should leave off the one sleeve connection and solder only the one that goes to a dead spot on the board.
I'm no stranger to soldering--and I've experimented on junk PCB's before-- but this is the first real trial, and I'd like it to go well. Any advice?
I'm trying to do my teenage neighbor a favor by repairing his Peavy bass amp. The input jack was broken because it is one of those cheap variety components with plastic housing and four little ears that protrude down into the printed circuit board to connect the rest of the circuitry.
It seems logical enough that I should be able to wire in a new input jack, but I'm troubled by the fact that there is continuity between the tip and sleeve solder points on the PCB itself. Should it be like that?
First off, am I making sense?
I already tried soldering in a new jack with the appropriate connections for each of the four ears that were on the old jack. Didn't work. I wonder if I should leave off the one sleeve connection and solder only the one that goes to a dead spot on the board.
I'm no stranger to soldering--and I've experimented on junk PCB's before-- but this is the first real trial, and I'd like it to go well. Any advice?
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