Over the past few days I've been restoring a pretty broken control box. Here's some of the "before" pictures:
![](http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r754/Dan_Birch/CB%20Restore%201/Sam_1768_zps6eb99fb5.jpg)
The resistor above is fried
, connector X5 had snapped off, and underneath isn't much better:
![](http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r754/Dan_Birch/CB%20Restore%201/Sam_1769_zpsce54d3cd.jpg)
2 of the tracks are totally burnt out
This control box hasn't had a great time![](/documents/images/emoticons/msp_biggrin.gif)
So firstly I've replaced the resistor with a nice new one and put in a new connector for X5:
![](http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r754/Dan_Birch/CB%20Restore%201/Sam_1775_zpsb75990eb.jpg)
And underneath, cut off the burnt trace and soldered some wire to bridge the gaps:
![](http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r754/Dan_Birch/CB%20Restore%201/Sam_1777_zpsbf3dc081.jpg)
Next up I need to connect it to a battery/pod and see if it works...
![](http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r754/Dan_Birch/CB%20Restore%201/Sam_1768_zps6eb99fb5.jpg)
The resistor above is fried
![](/documents/images/emoticons/msp_crying.gif)
![](http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r754/Dan_Birch/CB%20Restore%201/Sam_1769_zpsce54d3cd.jpg)
2 of the tracks are totally burnt out
![](/documents/images/emoticons/msp_blink.gif)
![](/documents/images/emoticons/msp_biggrin.gif)
So firstly I've replaced the resistor with a nice new one and put in a new connector for X5:
![](http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r754/Dan_Birch/CB%20Restore%201/Sam_1775_zpsb75990eb.jpg)
And underneath, cut off the burnt trace and soldered some wire to bridge the gaps:
![](http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r754/Dan_Birch/CB%20Restore%201/Sam_1777_zpsbf3dc081.jpg)
Next up I need to connect it to a battery/pod and see if it works...
posted on: 09/08/2013 17:34:03