ANSWERED How to solder the GND wire of DemoN?

[x1a0_0]

Hi,

I've seen in the promoted tutorial posts that the black GND wire is soldered to the border of board. I tried but solder just couldn't stand on that... :facepalm:

How to make it? Thanks!

 

[BL4K3Y]

Simply apply a small amount of flux, heat the copper with your iron and feed some solder on to it.

The thing to remember is that ground points require more heat than normal solder points.

Alternatively, solder the wire to the side of the capacitor shown in the DemoN installation guide.

 

[jligg]

Is this a joke? Youve successfully installed the demon but cant figure out how to solder the ground wire?

 

[x1a0_0]

yeah i wish it was joke XD :wink:

 

[BrockThunderjam]

yeah i wish it was joke XD :wink:

Don't listen to the haters. As Blakey said the ground is a huge mass compared to most points you solder to. I personally just run a longer ground wire up through a hole in the board to the metal prongs above the AV port. If you absolutely want to solder to the large ground plane then a large tip will help you. I'm just too lazy to wait for the iron to cool to swap tips so I do a top side ground. Hope that helps.


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