Some questions at starting the soldering job.

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Offline Strikkflypilot

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on: February 01, 2015, 05:39:10 PM
Hi.

I was just wondering, when soldering the grounds to the transformers, to make it clean , I have twisted the three cables going from the ground screw and used shrink tubing, letting one by one leave the twist as the ground buss passed Ot(c) , PT, an finally one left for OT(a).  Sounds ok?

And the wiring of the PT5, is it ok to solder the drain wire to the ground screw instead of the E of the IEC?

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Offline Paul Birkeland

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Reply #1 on: February 01, 2015, 06:12:13 PM
I was just wondering, when soldering the grounds to the transformers, to make it clean , I have twisted the three cables going from the ground screw and used shrink tubing, letting one by one leave the twist as the ground buss passed Ot(c) , PT, an finally one left for OT(a).  Sounds ok?
That should be ok.
And the wiring of the PT5, is it ok to solder the drain wire to the ground screw instead of the E of the IEC?

Having the drain wire connect to the "E" lug will keep that piece of STP in a good position.  If all the connections are off to its left, it may work its way left, which isn't very desirable. 

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Reply #2 on: February 01, 2015, 07:10:39 PM
Thanks PB

So I understand it is a mechanical issue.
I have another zip tie down mount for that.


Home system:
Sources: Ibasso DX90, Google Chromecast Audio optical out
DAC: Schiit Gumby
Amp: Bottlehead Mainline
http://bottlehead.com/smf/index.php?topic=7463.0
Phones: HD800S

Office:
Sources: Iphone/ Ipod
DAC: Dragonfly Red+Jtrbug
Amp: Crack/Speedball heavily modded
Phones: HD580,HD600 grilles