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What's a good method for a non-technical person to short the terminals of two 0402 resistors ~1mm apart? (lemmy.world)

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I'm working on a mod kit for a popular item, but my target audience isn't likely to have a soldering iron. The majority of the project connects to an exposed ribbon connector, but I need to short two terminals to force a power supply on.

Any ideas on a method I could provide for people who can't solder? Maybe a strip of copper tape?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can get conductive adhesives but it would probably be cheaper to just include a soldering iron in the kit... I'm not sure I would be confident in getting good contact with self adhesive metal tape, your best option there is to probably get a small amount and experiment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The iron would probably triple the cost of the kit. The ewaste being diverted here is a $17 vape pen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

My point is, for about the cost of an easy solution (that, frankly is a lot harder to undo if done wrong) you could equip them to do it right, practice the skill you want to inspire and not plant the false idea that soldering is some difficult thing that the beginner should avoid.