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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Looking for through hole vias

From: Paul Galarneau <pgsoft51@...>
Date: 2011-06-14

Hi,

Take a look at this site: http://www.solder.net/PCB/through_hole_repair_kit.asp%c2%a0

:-) :-)




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From: Leon Heller <leon355@...>
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, June 14, 2011 6:19:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Looking for through hole vias

 
On 14/06/2011 04:46, Jim Pruitt wrote:
> I built a mixed smt and through hole kit on a commercial pc board recently
> and installed a header on the wrong side of the board. The board was thru
> hole plated. When I tried to unsolder the header with a solder sucker and
> then several passes with solder wick I managed to pull the header out but 2
> of the vias came with it. The header uses .025" square pins. The old vias
> would not go back in the hole or back on the pins.
>
> Does anyone know where I can buy a few vias? I have some larger ones but
> are huge compared to the ones I am looking for.
>
> Can anyone point me to a source for a few of the through hole vias?

I'd poke a thin piece of wire through the hole with the pin and make the
missing connections with that.

Leon
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Leon Heller
G1HSM



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