this was not that uncommon in this series, between a fussy socket and some sticks fiberglass PCB being off thickness-wise the connection can be a head scratcher! I’ve loosened the socket screws a tad, I’ve added a bit of card stock under the clips to give it a bit more pressure and I’ve also had to use different sticks because they were not the correct thickness.
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This was not that uncommon in this series, between a fussy socket and some sticks fiberglass PCB being off thickness-wise the connection can be a head scratcher!
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I’ve loosened the socket screws a tad, I’ve added a bit of card stock under the clips to give it a bit more pressure and I’ve also had to use different sticks because they were not the correct thickness. Also making sure the contact surfaces where clean and if they had solder I would clean it off as the lead oxide often mess things up.
this was not that uncommon in this series, between a fussy socket and some sticks fiberglass PCB being off thickness-wise the connection can be a head scratcher! I’ve loosened the socket screws a tad, I’ve added a bit of card stock under the clips to give it a bit more pressure and I’ve also had to use different sticks because they were not the correct thickness.