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Glue before soldering
I am repairing a Corsa key this involves soldering a couple of microswitches to a PCB. Now these switches are soldered onto lands rather than holes through the board a la :- https://youtu.be/CNsz3qTGWmI?t=3m10s He seems to have a great deal of difficulty holding the switches in position, he actually ends up putting his finger on them . I don't want to do this as I KNOW I would burn my finger. Can I use a VERY small drop of CA to attach the centre body of the switch to the PCB , then solder the ends? Will the CA damage in any way the PCB or the switch body? Obviously I would be very careful putting glue on as I don't want any on any moving part of the switch. Have heard some horror stories of people gluing the leads on then soldering them thereby heating the CA until it off-gases producing VERY toxic fumes. But any glue I put on will be in the middle of the switch so away from the ends where any soldering would be. |
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