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« Reply #15 on: June 05, 2009, 02:44:43 PM »

Got the boards populated and this weekend I will finish wiring.. Need to purchase tubes and fire it up... I have not decided if I will take it to a tech for the initial fire-up... Once complete I will trace all connections and if correct and where they need to be should I hit the switch and fire-up?Huh??? this last part makes me a little nervous I would rather do itmyself then spend money with a tech...

Thanks for the input nik... I will look into the shield you speak of and if you do have pics that would be great....   


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« Reply #16 on: June 11, 2009, 02:25:19 AM »

Finished wiring and checking all against the layout... I am waiting for my tubes and I am building a current limiter that uses a light bulb to aid in the start-up process. I can't stress enough tracing all the wire and component runs against the layout when complete. I found 2 missing wires and 4 wires soldered to the wrong post or crossed with other wires..

I don't have a lot of amp knowledge and can someone tell me does this design have the resistors that bleed off the power caps when shutting the amp down and where are they located Huh? well after I get her started I will let all know how it went....


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« Reply #17 on: June 18, 2009, 11:06:47 PM »

Well.........how did it go man!? 
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« Reply #18 on: June 19, 2009, 04:10:32 AM »

Build went together good.... a lot of fun... I am on vacation until 7/3 and my tubes should be waiting when I get home.. I will let you know in a couple of weeks...I can't wait..
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« Reply #19 on: July 10, 2009, 08:30:41 PM »

hey, did this come with all of the wires you needed?
i noticed from the pictures i'm missing some special wires,
the solid copper wire, the double wire, and the thiner gauged
wires that are used on very short connections.

i checked the parts list check list and saw 60in shielded wire,
which i have, and just 1 wire set?
i'm wondering if they didnt send me all of the wire set or if i am
expected to pick up these wires seperately.

what was your situation for this?
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« Reply #20 on: July 10, 2009, 11:26:35 PM »

hey, did this come with all of the wires you needed?
i noticed from the pictures i'm missing some special wires,
the solid copper wire, the double wire, and the thiner gauged
wires that are used on very short connections.

i checked the parts list check list and saw 60in shielded wire,
which i have, and just 1 wire set?
i'm wondering if they didnt send me all of the wire set or if i am
expected to pick up these wires seperately.

what was your situation for this?
They supply all the wire you need except the buss wire (solid wire connecting jacks) I used 22g solid hook up wire for the buss I just stripped it to the bare wire. The smaller guage wire I supplied which is 22g teflon coated high heat hook up wire.. I did not use the supplied shielded wire. I fabricated the 2 white thick wires that run from jack to pots from 2 conductor shielded cable. But they supply enough except the said buss wire. I just chose to change a little.
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« Reply #21 on: July 11, 2009, 02:04:11 AM »

thnaks for the help, i'm at the point where i need to wire up the jacks,
i just ripped open some romex house wire and stole the copper cores out of there,
i'll look to measure the gauge but it looks about 20 or 22 so i think it should work out
just fine, thanks.
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« Reply #22 on: July 11, 2009, 03:11:35 AM »

Just as long as your iron gets hot enough for the romex you should be alright.. if you want to go the route with the 2 conductor shielded wire let me know and I will give you the source..... any questions you can get me at snookfam1@verizon .net

don't know if your in the USA but if so you can go to Radio Shack and buy a spool of buss wire for the jacks......
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« Reply #23 on: July 12, 2009, 05:42:29 PM »

i went with grabbing some buss wire from radio shack.
all they had was 24G, but it should suffice.
i dont think i'm gonna worry about the 2 conductor shielded wire,
seems a bit extranious to me.
i just dropped my capacator board in yesterday and should have
my amp finished by tonight, i'll put some pics up of the chassis,
then i'm sending it off to my tech who builds his own amps to inspect
and throw in the tubes for me.
look for a thread up soon and tell me if i've missed anything.
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