Guest guest Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 I just received 8 more controller kits so I know what I'll be doing this weekend. (Two are for a friend of mine but I still have some work to do.)Don't you love this stuff? It's like Christmas in May! Ooh! Gotta run - I smell a hot soldering iron... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Good luck with assembly. I nearly have the first one of mine complete after recieving them yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Let me just quickly mention the best thing I bought this year: one of those illuminated magnifying glasses from Harbor Freight. I saw a link to it on another thread here and boy, is it a life saver. (Well, more like an LOR saver.)If you are going to assemble any of these then do yourself a favor and get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 how long would it take to assemble a full 16 channel controller? i did the ramsey thing and it works great so i think id be able to do this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 johnny christmas wrote: how long would it take to assemble a full 16 channel controller? i did the ramsey thing and it works great so i think id be able to do thisJohnny,I started shortly after I made the first post on this thread and I just finished the first one - which is about 3 hours. Well, almost...Having built one successfully a month or so ago I wasn't paticularly paying attention to the directions and I, um, installed the 2 jumper pin headers upside down. Fortunately, they are some of the easier components to remove.Also, I'd like to point out another thing I ALMOST soldered in backwards: The fuse holders. They look so stupid and easy to install but they DO have a left and right side to them. (They are also easy to remove if you do make a bone-headed move like some other people!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 LOL, dont worry Chuck, I did the same thing on my first build.Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 Sequence Dr. wrote: LOL, dont worry Chuck, I did the same thing on my first build.MikeI didn't make the same mistake again. I've got 4 out of 6 running. Attached is a pic of my progress. (There are 5 in the pic but one is the one I built earlier.) I probably won't get to the last two until late Tuesday or Wednesday.I was able to cut some time of the builds by having my son bolt the triacs to the heat sinks as I was assembling the board. I also put my wife to work assembling the wiring harnesses so they were ready to go by the time I got to that point. (These two tasks take almost as much effort as soldering the boards.)I wonder if I still need to get my wife a Mother's Day gift?Ow! I was just kidding Honey! Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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