different ideas for ESL panels

[mavric]

going to take or borrow the RTA meter from work today, how far should i place the the mike? michrophone? 1 meter? or just post samples of how the TL responds in my living area? it cost over two grand in the day, hope my friend will lend it to me for testing.
you can google what i am using or let me try and post a pic, stay tuned, better a personal pic than one off the net.
we did buy a new mike, for 'real time analazation" for our propietary enclures, so, should be up to rank. Wish i could do video, so typing and pics will have to do.
stay tuned, Mav.

[geraldfryjr]

you shoold take some measurements with it outside first for a baseline then do some inside.i'll be home today all day if you want to call.jer

[mavric]

is this correct?

[CharlieM]

Originally Posted by mavric

is this correct?

The wires are located perfectly and it will probably work fine just as you have it, although those solder joints do look a bit "cold" to me. I you haven't already sprayed the stators it wouldn't hurt to get reheat those joints from the backside and see if you can get the metal hot enough to make the solder wet to it and spread out some (if the solder beads up like a drop of water sitting on a freshly waxed paint job, that indicates the metal didn't get hot enough to make the solder wet to it).

Are you planning to assemble the stat panels this weekend?

[mavric]

No sir, i still have to coat them. just making sure all is well and spec. I appreiate your time very well and welcome, the coating is still in the blender so to speak.
GerJR, helped alot with the TL this afternoon, more than helped, got rid of the anoying sound and suggested more stuffing in the TL.
Next weekend should be DUE date, i hope. some more parts need to be here and all i can say" this is exiitng!" later Mav
Stay Tuned

[mavric]

i "tinned " the joint and then the wire, there might be a little build up of solder, i will dremal or grind it down to a smooth surface, then coating is next.
still want some input on rotating the the stats, i have purchased two heavy duty rotating bases,"lazy susan" type.
I guess time will tell, so far so good .

[CharlieM]

Originally Posted by mavric

i "tinned " the joint and then the wire, there might be a little build up of solder, i will dremal or grind it down to a smooth surface, then coating is next.
still want some input on rotating the the stats, i have purchased two heavy duty rotating bases,"lazy susan" type.
I guess time will tell, so far so good .

I hung my stat panels vertically (from wires) to spray coat them and I attached weights to the bottoms to keep them from swinging while I sprayed them. Of course, I used a regular gravity feed spray gun, which isn't nearly as heavy as that thing you use for the Rhino coating.

I prefer hanging the panels but I suppose it doesn't matter whether you hang them and spray both sides at once or whether you lay them down and spray one side at a time, letting them dry completely before flipping them over to spray the other side.

The important thing is to get all surfaces coated, especially the edges.

[Calvin]

Hi,

Mavric, sorry to say, but the panels don´t look well to me.
The rims of the sheets are cut in a way that more than half of the crossextion area of each hole at the rim is left over. So You have numerous metal peaks/pins which are prone to arcing and which xou can´t coat sufficiently thick. Cut the rim an a way that less than the half area of the holes is left.
Second the solder joints don´t look well too. I´m afraid they will soon come off. It might help to scratch the metal sheet at the chosen joint and preheat the sheet locally with a gas flame.
Alternatively you could hardsolder or weld a fast-on connector to the sheet. 3rd alternative could be a screw through the sheet.

jauu
Calvin

[mavric]

no problem Calvin! thanks for the advice. i will mate the stats together and sand them down till all edges are smooth. I wish you or someone could post some pics.
Calvin, thank you for taking time to review my thread.
Mavric

[mavric]

I will post some pics after work of the coating material, aas well as thickness and so on.
stay tuned..Mav .^_^