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I'm just working on a Billet Box refurbishment job and I thought I would share the process in case it helps others.
Job No1 is to strip everything down.
First thing is to unscrew everything, I've not detailed it all as I've covered up to this stage in the connection sealing tutorial: https://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/...ing-connection-pin-sxk-bb-usb-version.177104/
Except for the battery positive and negative connections, the negative is simple to do as that just unscrews, the positive is a little more tricky, firstly slide it out as much as you can with your thumb, it only slides one way until the brass pin stops it, turn the mod around to the protruding side and you should see a little white or clear tab, with a hobby knife; gently tease it up and out, once removed the pin pushed down and you can slide it all out.
Here it is removed on another job:
This can be such a pain in the ass as there's often corrosion or brittle wire which can come unsoldered, it's an absolute bitch to clean up and resolder, fortunately on the current job they supplied a new one (phew!)
The negative clip is quite simple but often shows signs of corrosion, it's quite easy to clean up and usually reusable.
This is as far as you can go before getting the soldering iron out but it's worth taking note of the wiring, it's easier to either photograph or video it on your phone for future reference.
For this job I was supplied a selection of brand new parts which is always nice, especially that positive pin!
It can prove quite expensive though, the new DNA60 board is the dearest part but the other 'little bits' soon mount up with shipping, the fire switch is often the first to fail so it's worth checking that out before you begin.
Next job is unsoldering the old electronics, I will detail that in the next post.
Feel free to ask if there's any questions so far.
Job No1 is to strip everything down.
First thing is to unscrew everything, I've not detailed it all as I've covered up to this stage in the connection sealing tutorial: https://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/...ing-connection-pin-sxk-bb-usb-version.177104/
Except for the battery positive and negative connections, the negative is simple to do as that just unscrews, the positive is a little more tricky, firstly slide it out as much as you can with your thumb, it only slides one way until the brass pin stops it, turn the mod around to the protruding side and you should see a little white or clear tab, with a hobby knife; gently tease it up and out, once removed the pin pushed down and you can slide it all out.
Here it is removed on another job:
This can be such a pain in the ass as there's often corrosion or brittle wire which can come unsoldered, it's an absolute bitch to clean up and resolder, fortunately on the current job they supplied a new one (phew!)
The negative clip is quite simple but often shows signs of corrosion, it's quite easy to clean up and usually reusable.
This is as far as you can go before getting the soldering iron out but it's worth taking note of the wiring, it's easier to either photograph or video it on your phone for future reference.
For this job I was supplied a selection of brand new parts which is always nice, especially that positive pin!
It can prove quite expensive though, the new DNA60 board is the dearest part but the other 'little bits' soon mount up with shipping, the fire switch is often the first to fail so it's worth checking that out before you begin.
Next job is unsoldering the old electronics, I will detail that in the next post.
Feel free to ask if there's any questions so far.
