Global Specialties PB-204 - Manual User Manual

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screwdriver, IC puller. Slide the end of the screwdriver blade under one end of the IC
and lift gently. Repeat on the other side, then remove the IC from the socket. By
following this procedure, you will not bend the delicate leads of the IC.

T0-5 case ICs can be inserted by pre-forming the leads with a set of long nose pliers, so
the leads resemble a DIP pack.
Transistors can be inserted bridging the center of the breadboard or with leads-in-line
on one side of the socket.

Diodes, resistors, and capacitors may be inserted in the same manner as jumper wires.

BROKEN WIRES
Sometimes a wire will break off at the surface of a breadboard contact hole. Two ways
of solving this problem are as follows:

1. Push the broken wire into the socket. This will not affect the operation of the

contact.

a) Remove the 4 screws on the bottom of the case
b) Remove the 2 flathead screws located on the black top surface of the PB-

203A.

c) The top and bottom case halves can now come apart.
d) Remove the screws holding the sockets to the top cover.
e) Unsnap the sockets. Remove the vinyl label from the socket containing the

broken wire (a heat gun or hair dryer may be required to remove label).

f) Remove the terminal by inserting a round, stiff .025 pin into one of the

unblocked holes. (A small paper clip, bent open, will also work.)

g) Force the terminal completely out of the socket.
h) Remove the broken wire, then replace the terminal. Be sure to press down

firmly.

i) Replace the vinyl label, snap the sockets together, and remount them on the

cover.

NOTE: DO NOT TIGHTEN SCREWS TOO MUCH OR YOU MAY
STRIP THE THREADS IN THE PLASTIC BODY.