Friday, February 19, 2010

Headphone replay

Miss A wasn't the only one to bring headphones to the workshop. This time miss K also brought a broken set. The cable to the headphone had gotten snagged on something and now one of the speakers was completely mute.

After taking the speaker apart it was obvious what had happened. The tug to the cable had made it snap close to where it was soldered.

Holding the wires in place while also holding the soldering iron and the solder is a challenge to any one but Shiva. Applying first a small amount of solder to the speaker contact terminal is one way of getting around this. Then all you have to do is to re-heat the solder while holding the cable.

After the soldering was done miss K put the headphones back together and tested them with some music. It worked! Now they're back to their normal stereo selves again.

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