jeremyp_
micro soldering
My Cateye velo5 bike computer stopped working, after taking it apart and looking at it under a microscope few solder joints on the smd components are cracked. Those capacitors and resistors are 1.5mm long and about 1mm wide, really tiny ! You can see the capacitor in the middle, the solder joint is cracked.
Good old lead based solder fixed the problem.
I also took a ohm reading of the contacts on the monting bracket with the reed switch in close position and it was 2 to 5M ohm...
the contacts were pressed in the insulation of the wire, "scotch lock style"...
I done the connection properly with solder and now the connection is good, 0 ohm.
The odometer is working perfectly now.
micro soldering
My Cateye velo5 bike computer stopped working, after taking it apart and looking at it under a microscope few solder joints on the smd components are cracked. Those capacitors and resistors are 1.5mm long and about 1mm wide, really tiny ! You can see the capacitor in the middle, the solder joint is cracked.
Good old lead based solder fixed the problem.
I also took a ohm reading of the contacts on the monting bracket with the reed switch in close position and it was 2 to 5M ohm...
the contacts were pressed in the insulation of the wire, "scotch lock style"...
I done the connection properly with solder and now the connection is good, 0 ohm.
The odometer is working perfectly now.