10-18-2018, 09:06 PM
OK, feel free to tell me how many ways this is bad...
I broke a solder lug (pin 2 / cathode) of a 50B5 while recapping a Dewald E-520 I picked up at Kutztown. I know that's bad
! I have to be more careful with the rest, the sockets look kind of chintzy. I don't have a replacement socket with the right rivet hole spacing to replace it. So if "fixed" it.
I slightly enlarged the slot the lug comes through on the bottom phenolic wafer. I then attached everything (1 cap, 1 wire, 1 resistor) to the lug. Finally I soldered the lug to the bit of metal going to the socket between the phenolic wafers. I let the solder run in through the enlarged slot. I figure solder is pretty viscous and won't stray very far. I'm not so sure about the flux. Yes I know if someone ever tries to solder to that pin they'll get a surprise.
It works and nothing bad has happened yet...
Thanks
Greg
I broke a solder lug (pin 2 / cathode) of a 50B5 while recapping a Dewald E-520 I picked up at Kutztown. I know that's bad
! I have to be more careful with the rest, the sockets look kind of chintzy. I don't have a replacement socket with the right rivet hole spacing to replace it. So if "fixed" it.I slightly enlarged the slot the lug comes through on the bottom phenolic wafer. I then attached everything (1 cap, 1 wire, 1 resistor) to the lug. Finally I soldered the lug to the bit of metal going to the socket between the phenolic wafers. I let the solder run in through the enlarged slot. I figure solder is pretty viscous and won't stray very far. I'm not so sure about the flux. Yes I know if someone ever tries to solder to that pin they'll get a surprise.
It works and nothing bad has happened yet...
Thanks
Greg
Can't think of anything witty.
Greg O.
Whitehall, PA
