Power Distribution Board cable issues.

Posted by Jaime on January 22, 2014 at 8:18am

Has anyone experienced problems with the control cable connections on the power distribution board? I have had two of the cables break off at the soldering point. 

I was wondering if anyone had similar problems and how did they solve them? maybe put in a connector?

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  • Ryan Vickers March 31, 2014 at 9:19am

    Yes I had 2 come off as well. Mine was the newer type, hot glued from 3DR. It was easier than I thought to peel up the glue.

  • Jesse Krembs February 11, 2014 at 1:27pm

    I had all of the cable break at some point. Having a good soldering iron, desoldering tools, solder and the skills really helped to fix the problem. 

    I will apply the hot glue gun technique as mentioned here.

    Dear 3DR

    Please replace the wire to board connection with pin headers and then supply a cable. It will make us all happier.

    • Guillermo Azocar > Jesse Krembs March 31, 2014 at 8:25am

      I did break the power leads in the center of the board but I am thinking join it using hot glue but I wonder if this is going to be a reliable solution because I do not want to make soldering because my soldering skills are not so good? What do you recommend?

      Guillermo Azocar S.

  • Josh January 26, 2014 at 11:07pm
    Didn't think of hot glue. Good advice. Ended up resoldering the whole board after both the APM power cables and a couple of the control wires came off during installation.
  • Jaime January 26, 2014 at 11:02pm

    Well, I just built my second Y6 from 3DR and I found that the board now comes with some sort of glue already there. Its nice to see 3DR doing improvements.

  • Jaime January 22, 2014 at 1:57pm

    Ok, point taken :) I used hot glue and hopefully they won't fail again.

  • Stone1295 January 22, 2014 at 10:59am

    I'll chime in too and say to add low temp hot glue to these areas. :)

     

    I've never had that solder break but I did break the power leads in the center of the board when I was dismantling my Y6.

     

    -Mike

  • Raph January 22, 2014 at 10:32am

    I always tell anyone (that will listen ;p) using these boards to add hot glue around those wires as mentioned by William. Just the micro vibrations from flying seem like they eventually will cause a failure here. When i built my first quad with a 3dr PDB, by the time it was installed within the frame, one of the wires had already come off.

    now i add hot glue as soon as they come out of their packaging.

  • William Nicholls (Flying Tech) January 22, 2014 at 10:25am

    When I built my 3DR Y6, I was concerned by the reliability of those connections. Like Fred recommended I used a low temp hot glue gun to provide some extra strength.

  • Fred Flores January 22, 2014 at 8:29am

    Not had the problem, but since this pretty much stays in place once it has been built, what I have used in the past on areas like this is low temp hot glue or silicone, I sometimes use it to make sure the wires also stay separated in tight spaces. Not sure it it would work in this case.

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