deskthority

Hello all,

I was de-soldering switches on this PCB over the weekend and one of the solder pads came off and ripped one side of the track off with it. I was wondering how I would go about repairing something like this?

Apologies if I'm posting this in the wrong area.

- install a switch
- solder the pin to the remaining pad (1)
- solder a wire between the other pin and pad 2, and another wire to the pin and pad 3.



All pins on that row are directly connected, so luckily you don't have to solder anything to diode pads or small things like that.

Matt_ wrote: ↑- install a switch
- solder the pin to the remaining pad (1)
- solder a wire between the other pin and pad 2, and another wire to the pin and pad 3.

All pins on that row are directly connected, so luckily you don't have to solder anything to diode pads or small things like that.

Thank you very much Matt_
One last question, what type of wire would you recommend?

EIther solid-core or stranded (solid is easier to work with but both are fine), 22 or 24 AWG. You can even use something thinner, basically any kind of copper wire will do. If it's not insulated, just make sure it doesn't touch anything else on the board (resistors, diodes or other switch pins).

Can confirm Matt's solution. Magnet wire is highly recommended.