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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)

submitted 2 months ago by ch00f to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] Fosheze 2 points 2 months ago

Solder is really the only good method. With tape, the adhesive is going to give you really poor contact. With anything else you're going to struggle to keep whatever you are using to short those pads in place.