[Swansea Hackspace] Looking for PSU desoldering/resoldering help

[Rhys Jones]

Cheers, thanks! Hope to see you on a Monday night sometime soon.

Rhys

2017-03-08 10:42 GMT+00:00 David Davies-Day <djdavies83 at hotmail.com>:

> Hi Rhys,  more than happy to do it for you, or replace one and supervise
> you doing the other 2 at hackspace on Monday night.
>
> I'll pass that PSU info on to my friend that has one.
>
> All the best, Dave.
>
>
> No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several
> thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced.
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Rhys Jones <rhys at newydd.net>
> Date:08/03/2017 10:08 AM (GMT+00:00)
> To: hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk
> Cc:
> Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Looking for PSU desoldering/resoldering help
>
> Hello,
>
> Long-term lurker, recent member. I'm looking for some help to replace
> three components in a PSU for a BBC Master - three capacitors are nearing
> the end of their life and there have been incidents over the past few years
> of BBC Micros catching fire when powered up (e.g. https://goo.gl/gHW9ok )
>
> I have the components and full instructions, which boil down to 'desolder,
> then resolder', but haven't done any soldering this millennium, and my sole
> attempt at desoldering many decades ago resulted in several tracks being
> lifted off the PCB. Would someone be able to help, or better yet, do the
> job? Happy to pay, either the person doing it, or via a donation to
> Hackspace or another mutually agreed charity.
>
> And if you have a BBC Micro/Master, you're really very strongly advised
> not to turn it on till you re-cap the PSU. Kit available here
> http://goo.gl/YqGHck
>
> Diolch
> Rhys
>
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