/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1221574
Oh dear oh dear, I didn't expect a SOT-223 for some dumb reason. With no desoldering braid I'd get the whole thing warm and then twist it with some sturdy, disposable tweezers, or look for traces that could be cut with a #11 blade.

>>1221597
5mm encapsulated packages are available, pic related. The electrolytic will be fine as long as you put + toward the higher end of the circuit, which will be the virtual ground at R1/R2/R3 rather than the ground through the external equipment.
>congratulations! adding missing traces is a rite of passage