One of my led prong broke off ( but there is a really small, less than a mm left...) , is there a safe way to solder it back on with out burning out the led? or is it a lost cause
much apreciated

 

You could possibly do it, but you'd need a fine tip soldering iron, and some 32 ga solder, which if you don't already have both costs more than a new LED, unless of course you're blowing your money on super expensive LED's.

And even if you did, mishandling the legs just the slightest will break the solder binding.

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dont give up hope yet! i was able to salvage a bright blue led from an old pen i found in aparking lot. both pins were completely broken off, but i wan able to use my dremmel and a file to expose some more of the metal to solder some wire onto it. i am using a standard 25 watt well iron, and standard size rosin core solder from ratshack. just dont hold the heat to long.. its best to"cheat" when u solder this type of job and put solder directly on the iron, tho tin both connections first lightly, then all u need is to hold the 2 together and the solder flows off the iron to make an ok connection. that i used some epoxy type glue (hot goue would have worked as well, but didnt have anny, so that was the only clear glue i had) and now i have a blue led

good luck.
and if it dosnt work, it was already broken right? hehhe

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