Thank you for reminding me: I have an electric shaver that is perfectly good except the batteries do not hold a charge.
Being able to do this kind of repair will save you money in the long run, as well as keeping stuff out of the waste stream.
this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2025
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Repairs FTW ! 🛠️
Hell yeah man, there's just something so rewarding about fixing shit yourself. A good soldering iron is absolutely worth it if you have the skills to wield it.
Facts. I would also add that it might be easier than one thinks. I had assumed that my last couple attempts that resulted in marginal connections were just a skill issue, but the beads with the new iron came out, like, an order of magnitude better. There's several electronics with shorts in their wires/ports that I haven't attempted to fix assuming I would just finish breaking them, and now I'm wondering how much I've thrown away that should have been trivial to repair.
Yes. Tries my hand at soldering during COVID. Got some tips online and practised. With the right equipment things go well.
Man, yeah, people out there treat soldering like it's this mystical art form where a lot of things can go wrong or be mysteriously off or super hard.
For most easy repairs it's very straightforward. There are tons of videos of people fixing things on Youtube and anybody can probably replicate a decent solder joint for a cable or a larger PCB component after watching a couple. Tiny surface mounted stuff may be beyond a cheap iron and some patience, but if all you need is to swap something connected with wires or replace a blown fuse you can probably figure it out.
Well done! I did some exploratory surgery on my Fenix 6 recently as the vibration motor had stopped working properly. Easy to take a part and probably easy to repair - just have to find a spare part somewhere.
Drown it in flux for best results. Use an aggressive flux too, the no-clean flux for surface mount devices is only good for contacts unmolested by a soldering iron.
The bigger the blob the better the job! (jk of course, but some friends of mine always say this when talking about soldering shit)