I believe Allied may have that
vactrol. Probably better to get a new one then resolder one of the
others.
-George
----- Original Message -----From: Matthew HiscockTo: MOTM-listSent: Friday, October 28, 2005 9:15 PMSubject: Re: [motm] Re: To those that have built a '410....Hmmm... It's not a dry climate here in Montreal at all, and I have no carpeting, but that certainly sounds like my problem.
I was using a 35w Weller and my only complaint was that the tip seems *enormous* for pcb work, but its possible that I could have fried it.
I guess I could swap the vactrol for 3 with the vactrol for one of the others and see what happens. To the workshop I go!
Thanks to all for the info - I don't feel as inept now. :)
On 28-Oct-05, at 8:52 PM, Adam Schabtach wrote:
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
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