I had broke one before and i left with nothing but the emitter. No leads spared for me to solder to. What i did was i am trying to melt the plactic surrounding the inner lead (not recommended, risk of breaking your solder and others) so that i can get some lead that i can solder wires onto. I was somewhat succesful. Somewhat because you cannot move the wires soldered as freely. The connection was so fragile. If you choose to follow this path, make sure you melt the plastic a lot more so you have more lead to solder to. Else, using a Powerglue also works, even though not as effective. Ohhhh, a five watter? Man! that is really sad. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif