hey all,
after attempting to install new leds into my old led tacho something somewhere has gone haywire and now its doesnt work. It doesnt bother me too much as it only cost me $15 in the first place and atleast i got to practise my soldering!! Anyhow does any one have a wiring diagram so i can make another or know if dick smith or jarcar or similar sells kits to make one, thanks. I know the have a led number one, i want one that is just a line a leds.

rock on kids
trent

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Well...if it was working previously...you have either put the wrong LEDs in or you have a "dry"solder joint....did you clean the legs of the LEDs to bright metal before soldering???

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or you could have put to much heat into the pcb allowing the copper tracks to lift and or break
makka

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Ditto....yeah over heating solder joints as min13k has suggested is another possibility!! If you find broken tracks .....just carefully "bridge" them with braided solder flux or similar....make sure you are using a tiny soldering iron if the tracks are tiny

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ahhhhh i remeber the nights of repairing cb radio's that we had "modified"
soldering ribbon wires in and the repair of diferent radio equiptment that had gone bang
how i miss my old valve yaseu and the ts-520-s kenwood ahhhh thems were the days hmmmmmm i should have got my ham licences ..... but i hear it is easier to get full call now .... oh dear i'm dribbling 3 cans of jd and a computor are bad
makka

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Did you make sure the Led was the in the correct way. Being a diode they can only pass juice one way... Just something to consider
Jaycar and dicksmith both have kits about $70 if i remember right.

cheers
mark

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yeah ive got the leds around the right way, my soldering does leave a bit to be desired so ive kinda given up hope on rescueing it that why i wanted to know about kits, i'll check out dick and jaycar, thanks all!!

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Hey makka... are they your wife's tits in kaspers avatar?

This will be interesting

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she sez no DEFERNATLY NOT they are for my hubby only
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Well lucky you

makka - if I've offended your misses tell her I sincerely apologise

it's cool i am offensive enuff

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I realy don't think so !]
Some may think this is strange...But....I Know better..Makka's a good ManJust ruff on the outside...But just that Kind of style of cudley on the inside...For a JD that is

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