So I accidentally burnt a PCB trace and I'm trying to fix it with a wire + some solder. The PCB trace clearly connects two metal pins.
My question is, would it be better to completely bypass the trace and solder the wire from one pin to another?
Or to solder the wire from the good part of the trace, over the burnt part, to the other side of burnt part (so still using the good parts of the trace)?
I don't have that many materials, so I can't really do any fancy repairs.
Thanks!
Best Answer
Either way would work.
I'd normally try to just bypass the damaged part, following the damaged track. However, is it sometimes hard, particularly with very narrow tracks or heavy solder mask, to get the repair wire to stick to the track, so it my be easier to bypass the track altogether and go pin-to-pin. (I use #30 wire wrap wire for such repairs (or error corrections)).