DH166 wrote: ↑Sun 08/29/21 4:57 pm
For the love of Pete, you're startin' to wear me out!
Alright, I'll go back over it. And I'm using a solid state rectifier. I'm going off your schematic and the layout dated 10/2020. I misinterpreted that layout, which shows those wires stranded separately (I guess for clarity of color distinction). So my plight now is that all those wires are trimmed for length. I can de-solder and start over, but I'll have to splice to make them long enough. So is it sufficient to splice, solder, and tape those wires, or do I need to install three more terminal strips?
Pardon my obvious frustration. I am genuinely grateful for the help and the prompt replies.
Hopefully, at least, some other first time builder will stumble across this and benefit from my errors. Sheesh.
No worries, you're not the first person frustrated by some of this stuff. We've all been there at some point!
Whether or not you use a terminal strip, or splice wires is up to you. If you do splice them, do a really good job. Make sure there's extra insulation, and maybe double the heat shrink if you can.
There's also lots of options for terminal strips. For example:
6-lug-terminal.jpg
The best bet is to plan ahead, ask questions in advance, and then move forward. There's lots of galleries here (under Gallery and Archive on the left navigation menu) with tons of build photos to give you ideas.
If I knew how to neatly twist wires in Visio, I would, but I never bothered to learn. Sorry.
I think the easiest way to answer the question of "should I redo this part?" is to think if you saw the photos of the amp built that way, would you buy it? That's not to sway you in one direction or the other, only to consider the quality of the work done once the choice is made.
BTW- lots of other users on here could show you the progress they made from their 1st to 3rd or later builds. Experience makes a world of difference, as does feedback on here.
Thanks,
Josh
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