Broken LED on Pedal

moogmusic · Post by **moogmusic** » Tue Feb 18, 2014 6:35 pm

Bought a Dwarfcraft Shiva on the weekend and the LED on the Starve pedal doesn't work. On opening it up, I can see one of the legs has snapped. What's the best way to fix it? Please bare in mind it's pretty tight in there and I suck at soldering. Thanks

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 12:33 pm

PM Aen?

moogmusic · Post by **moogmusic** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 1:18 pm

Sorry, I tried to take a pic but the camera on my phone is useless. I will try again tonight.

One of the legs has snapped but there is plenty of leg left on both sides so I was hoping I could just fix them together in some way (solder?) rather than having to replace the LED which is directly soldered into the footswitch.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 1:51 pm

If there's plenty of leg left it shouldn't be too hard to solder but you don't want to melt/blow the LED. A delicate touch and a low-power soldering iron recommended.

moogmusic · Post by **moogmusic** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 2:01 pm

Hmm, I definitely lack the first of those but I think I'm OK on the second. I'll have a bash tonight...

moogmusic · Post by **moogmusic** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:58 am

So I whipped out the old soldering iron last night and, apart from the little moment of terror when the solder turns into a big liquid blob and starts smoking, I think it went OK. Didn't have time to try the pedal and make sure it still works but I plugged it in and the LED now lights up - 50% of the battle won...

playersclub · Post by **playersclub** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 11:31 pm

so...how goes that???

moogmusic · Post by **moogmusic** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 12:30 pm

Seems OK - I thought I detected that solder-type smell when I used it for an extended period but it still works so I'm maybe just being paranoid.

The pedal is ace BTW, everyone should get one.