JST Housing Repair Question

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argonblue
 
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Re: JST Housing Repair Question

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I've certainly experienced intermittent connection issues on laptop PCBs that had mechanical stress from small amounts of housing flexure. I wouldn't be surprised if bending stresses near the mounting holes that don't cause visible damage could still cause hairline fractures in solder joints that lead to parts popping off from vibration or mild mechanical shocks.

(I think sometimes reflow soldering processes can cause marginal solder joints that pass QA but are more vulnerable to mechanical stresses, and it can take a while to dial in the parameters to minimize these problems.)

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Re: JST Housing Repair Question

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"that lead to parts popping off from vibration or mild mechanical shocks."

If that is a possible outcome with any statistically significant likelihood or really just more than negligible risk, i'll absolutely keep this in mind. Ironically, this is for a blue tooth racing simulation build I've made with a direct drive wheelbase tht has 25nm of torque. needless to say I'm at increased risk of something like that haha

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