Or you can solder tinned copper wire to the bare tracks. (or even
copper strip etched or bent to the approximate track shape.)

RP

2009/9/11 Isaac Marino Bavaresco <isaacbavaresco@yahoo.com.br>:
> Marcel Duchamp escreveu:
>> Philip Pemberton wrote:
>>
>>> .. But I can always increase it if necessary -- PC power supplies often
>>> have thick layers of solder applied to certain tracks on the PCBs
>>> (usually in the mains and HV-DC sections) to boost the power handling
>>> capacity of said tracks.
>>>
>>> It's a hack, but if it works for the PCB manufacturers.. why not?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Note that 63/37 eutectic solder resistance =3D 11.5 times copper
>> resistance. =A0It's hard to see how thick additions of solder would boost
>> the power handling capacity.
>>
>
> Assuming that the copper thickness is around 0.05mm, it would be easy to
> add 0.55mm of solder and double the current-carrying capability.
>
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