[Elecraft] KSB2 Module - board pad

[Tom Hammond NØSS]

Tom:

>While working on the SSB module I realized I had put C23 (an electrolytic 
>capacitor) in wrong.  As I removed it the pads on the component side came 
>out with the capacitor.  Nothing on the board is melted and the pads are 
>intact on the bottom side.  Any suggestions as to how to correct this problem?

So... the top pads are no longer attached??? They came completely off the 
PC board?

One of the pads is ground, which can just as easily be soldered and 
connected to ground on the bottom of the board.

The other lead is DC, and it has no connection on the bottom of the board, 
BUT the pad on the bottom of the board CAN stabilize the cap once it's 
installed.

What I think I'd do is to solder a thin (BARE) wire, say something on the 
order of #24, maybe #26 to the POSITIVE lead of the cap, right up against 
the bottom of the capacitor case and in a physical position which will 
enable it to exit from under the cap so it will follow the land, or what's 
left of it.

Then, some short distance from where the cap will mount, take a sharp blade 
and scrape away about 1/4" of the green solder mask from the remaining 
land. Tin the land.

Then, insert the cap into its holes and solder in place. Finally solder the 
wire to the land.

Good luck,

Tom Hammond   N0SS