Eric Bishop
New member
I just finished assembling a HeaterMeter 4.3 kit. Having read some of the troubleshooting threads and having zero confidence in my rusty soldering skills, I decided it might be a good idea to do some testing with my multimeter before powering everything up. The good news is that everything that I checked on the main board looked fine. The bad news is that there seems to be a short between ground and 5V on the LCD/Button board.
I looked everything over as close as I could and wasn't able to identify any solder bridges. I tried lightly scrubbing a few spots with isopropyl alcohol and a toothbrush to no avail.
I guess my next step is to buy a solder wick and start pulling things apart until the short disappears. Any sage advice from someone who's been down this road before?
Here are some assembly photos from my phone. If it would be helpful, I could post some higher resolution photos tomorrow.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/j3PRfzKAwhSF77h92
I looked everything over as close as I could and wasn't able to identify any solder bridges. I tried lightly scrubbing a few spots with isopropyl alcohol and a toothbrush to no avail.
I guess my next step is to buy a solder wick and start pulling things apart until the short disappears. Any sage advice from someone who's been down this road before?
Here are some assembly photos from my phone. If it would be helpful, I could post some higher resolution photos tomorrow.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/j3PRfzKAwhSF77h92