Wow! Copper tape vias! Cool! I love your attention to detail and craftsmanship. I take it that the point of going to this effort is so that you maintain a flat surface, under the relays. Ideas, for the next time... It looks as though you chamfered the edge of the via holes. Maybe leave them square, so that you might be able to bridge the solder to the tape, or whatever conductor you use. How about using a bit of flattened copper wire, or braided solder wick? If you used hot air to heat the PCB on both sides, at the same time, you might get away with just flooding the via hole, completely, with solder. Excellent success with the noise reduction! I am really enjoying this DIY adventure. And, the fact that you are making these upgrades not out of necessity (you could just buy a better PSU,) but for the joy of learning and the fun of building. Kudos!!! Please, sir, may we have some more of this type of content?
Yes, I am. mostly doing this for the challenge and some fun.😊 you are right there are a number of ways to deal with the lack of plated through holes. I could have just put on some large vias and simply soldered a piece of wire through them but I was wondering if I could use copper foil... I use this foil for fixing broken tracks on pcbs as well.
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Wow! Copper tape vias! Cool! I love your attention to detail and craftsmanship. I take it that the point of going to this effort is so that you maintain a flat surface, under the relays. Ideas, for the next time... It looks as though you chamfered the edge of the via holes. Maybe leave them square, so that you might be able to bridge the solder to the tape, or whatever conductor you use. How about using a bit of flattened copper wire, or braided solder wick? If you used hot air to heat the PCB on both sides, at the same time, you might get away with just flooding the via hole, completely, with solder. Excellent success with the noise reduction! I am really enjoying this DIY adventure. And, the fact that you are making these upgrades not out of necessity (you could just buy a better PSU,) but for the joy of learning and the fun of building. Kudos!!! Please, sir, may we have some more of this type of content?
Yes, I am. mostly doing this for the challenge and some fun.😊 you are right there are a number of ways to deal with the lack of plated through holes. I could have just put on some large vias and simply soldered a piece of wire through them but I was wondering if I could use copper foil... I use this foil for fixing broken tracks on pcbs as well.