I killed vactrol #3 when I built my second 410, and I was using a
temp-control Weller station at the time. Paul told me that the things can
sometimes be damaged by static electricity. I assembled mine in a very dry
climate in a room with a carpeted floor, so draw your own conclusions. :-)
The symptom in that case was that filter #3 passed audio only very faintly.
I was having a run of bad luck then, I think. I assembled my third 300 VCO
at around the same time, and I managed to wire its output jacks wrong. These
mistakes were made after I'd assembled ~25 MOTM kits over the past few years
with zero problems.
--Adam
> -----Original Message-----
> From: groovyshaman [mailto:groovyshaman@...]
> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 6:43 PM
> To: motm@yahoogroups.com; Mike Marsh
> Subject: Re: [motm] Re: To those that have built a '410....
>
> A vactrol was my problem back when I built my 410. I held the iron to a
> leg
> for too long and killed it. I promptly tossed the iron and went out and
> bought a Weller WSD80 station. :)
>
> -George