Modular Synth Panels

>I think I made my first soldering mistake due to insufficient board 
>stuffing planning (on my part)...
>
>As I was putting my Neural Agonizer together I installed the 
>Vactrols before the trimpots on board #2 (and cut the leads after 
>installation). Because the vactrols are bigger than their 
>"footprint" print on the board, one of them actually encroaches on 
>one of the trimpot's space. When I installed the trimpot, I had to 
>insert it at an angle in order for me to solder it in place - well, 
>the two components are touching each other - the trimpot and the 
>vactrol. Is that a bad thing?? Do Vactrol's get hot? Will it 
>negatively impact the performance of the trimpot, causing 
>instability? Should I just get a new vactrol (because I can't reuse 
>the existing one (as I cut the leads)?
>

----- Original Message ----
From: Scott Juskiw <scott@...>
To: ModularSynthPanels@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 12:31:11 PM
Subject: Re: [ModularSynthPanels] Vactrol Question....

There shouldn't be any problems if they are in contact. Neither 
component should generate heat in this circuit.

I'm surprised when you say the vactrols are bigger than their 
footprint because that wasn't the case when I built mine (see 
pictures on my website). Did they change the size of the vactrols? 
Did you buy X-Large vactrols? Super-size?

>I think I made my first soldering mistake due to insufficient board 
>stuffing planning (on my part)...
>
>As I was putting my Neural Agonizer together I installed the 
>Vactrols before the trimpots on board #2 (and cut the leads after 
>installation) . Because the vactrols are bigger than their 
>"footprint" print on the board, one of them actually encroaches on 
>one of the trimpot's space. When I installed the trimpot, I had to 
>insert it at an angle in order for me to solder it in place - well, 
>the two components are touching each other - the trimpot and the 
>vactrol. Is that a bad thing?? Do Vactrol's get hot? Will it 
>negatively impact the performance of the trimpot, causing 
>instability? Should I just get a new vactrol (because I can't reuse 
>the existing one (as I cut the leads)?
>



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