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I have probably had about 4 hours of sleep in the last 35+ but I am trying to keep busy.

I have been working on this project from something I posted in on and off for a week or so while waiting on part's I didn't already have at home. https://poal.co/s/RaspberryPi/781563

& shame my soldering or not. It's a 40 pin header on a RPi Zero2w. I didn't brick it so that's good. I have not gotten it hooked up to the battery/UPS thing yet and will probably leave that until tomorrow when my head is on straight. I don't like the idea of screwing around with 18650 cells when I am not "all there".

Ill have a post either in DIY/DIYTech or split and in 3dPrinting when it's done. I am having problems trying to print the gasket with the flexible filament though so that might be something I have to Improvise.

I must be full retard since it looks like I cant figure out how to do an Album after being awake for so long.

I have probably had about 4 hours of sleep in the last 35+ but I am trying to keep busy. I have been working on this project from something I posted in /s/RaspberryPi on and off for a week or so while waiting on part's I didn't already have at home. https://poal.co/s/RaspberryPi/781563 @stupidbird & @MrFadedGlory shame my soldering or not. It's a 40 pin header on a RPi Zero2w. I didn't brick it so that's good. I have not gotten it hooked up to the battery/UPS thing yet and will probably leave that until tomorrow when my head is on straight. I don't like the idea of screwing around with 18650 cells when I am not "all there". Ill have a post either in DIY/DIYTech or split and in 3dPrinting when it's done. I am having problems trying to print the gasket with the flexible filament though so that might be something I have to Improvise. [image name goes here](https://poal.co/static/images/fcfcf698e8dcf8f8.jpg) [image name goes here](https://poal.co/static/images/b3b0a0c014040c08.jpg) I must be full retard since it looks like I cant figure out how to do an Album after being awake for so long.

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The only two things I can offer:

1: You need more solder. Don't be afraid of it. You want to make nice "cartoon volcano" mounds of solder with concave walls. Especially here where the connector is going to have stuff hanging off of it. Don't use so much solder that you start to bulge and get convex mounds. It's an art, don't be upset if you can't get it right the first time. A little too much solder is better than not enough.

2: Get some acid brushes and cut the bristles in half to make them stiffer. Use those with some iso alcohol to brush the connector and get the flux off. Ideally, you want a clean joint - flux can be deadly to high-speed data. If you have blobs of flux, get some orange sticks (sticks made of soft wood like orange tree wood - those wooden sticks they use in nail salons to push your cuticles in are a good sub) and use those to break the flux off. Don't use metal scrapers here.