Circuit board trace repair...

Chuck Guzis cclist at sydex.com
Fri Aug 14 00:25:51 CDT 2020


On 8/13/20 9:58 PM, dwight via cctalk wrote:
> How much current is ir suppose to carry? I'd just replace it with a piece of wire wrap wire if it is less than an amp.
> Of course, I assume you've fixed what ever failed to cause it to blow.
> Gold wire is expensive.
> Dwight

According to my tables, AWG 30 copper wire has a resistance of 0.107 ohm
per foot or about 9 milliohm per inch.  I suspect that it would work
under almost all PCB repair conditions.  I've repaired power traces on
CPU boards using WW wire with no ill effects.

--Chuck



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