One more possible manual error - no instructions to solder B7L and B8L?

[cddc]

Just finished the last step of the Crack building (installing the caps), and found B7L and B8L were left unsoldered yet.

Then I looked back in the manual:

On page 18 the Crack manual tells us to attach but do not solder one pair of twisted wires to B7L and B8L.

Then on page 19 the manual tells us to solder the other pair of twisted wires to B7U and B8U. But it does not mention anything about the unsoldered B7L and B8L.

I figured we should solder B7L & B8L when we are soldering B7U & B8U. Am I correct?

[cddc]

Again, my Crack is the 120V only version.

The front page of my Crack manual says "revised December 17, 2013...copyright 2010" .

The front page of my Speedball manual says "Speedball 1.1 manual...copyright 2015"
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[Tom-s]

On the pictures on page 19 and 20 of that manual revision they are clearly soldered.
So the pictures don't match the instructions.

You are correct.

[Chris65]

That error has been in the manual for years, and guess it's not been corrected.

But yes, solder both terminals when the second set of wires is attached.

[cddc]

Great, thank you so much Tom and Chris for your confirmation!

[Doc B.]

That error has been in the manual for years, and guess it's not been corrected.

But yes, solder both terminals when the second set of wires is attached.

Yes, that is an error. But we don't know exactly when this kit was made and shipped (we do know it's not the current version) and the builder mentioned that the manual he is using is a three year old revision. It might be an error to make the assumption it hasn't been corrected in the current revision.

[Paul Birkeland]

The error is corrected in the current kit, though the manual for this kit is not helpful for the prior version of the Crack.

-PB