Hi everyone:
In my efforts to build two Gainclone amps, I purchased some inrush boards from eBay. A trusted friend who is fairly knowledgeable said the schematic looked good and the parts good enough.
I populated and soldered two of the boards. On the second board, one leg of each fuse holder terminal does not go extrude far through the board like the other leg does. If I had to guess, the "good" foot extrudes about 1 mm or so. The other foot (on each holder), maybe half a mm.
I've included a picture, but it's hard to see well. What I'm talking about is in the rear left corner.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwhuqW4sXCHtRGRLZ0JPQTlsS2c
You can see the 4 unsoldered terminals, with the two "inner" terminals not fully extruded.
I know I can get solder to adhere to these joints. The question is, will this be a safe, reliable solution? If the fuseholder terminals (and therefore, possibly the fuse) were to fall out, it might cause some chaos, right?
Do you all think it will be secure enough with one leg properly soldered and the other leg soldered but not fully extruding from board?
EDIT: Why can I never get the insert image function to work?
Thanks
In my efforts to build two Gainclone amps, I purchased some inrush boards from eBay. A trusted friend who is fairly knowledgeable said the schematic looked good and the parts good enough.
I populated and soldered two of the boards. On the second board, one leg of each fuse holder terminal does not go extrude far through the board like the other leg does. If I had to guess, the "good" foot extrudes about 1 mm or so. The other foot (on each holder), maybe half a mm.
I've included a picture, but it's hard to see well. What I'm talking about is in the rear left corner.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwhuqW4sXCHtRGRLZ0JPQTlsS2c
You can see the 4 unsoldered terminals, with the two "inner" terminals not fully extruded.
I know I can get solder to adhere to these joints. The question is, will this be a safe, reliable solution? If the fuseholder terminals (and therefore, possibly the fuse) were to fall out, it might cause some chaos, right?
Do you all think it will be secure enough with one leg properly soldered and the other leg soldered but not fully extruding from board?
EDIT: Why can I never get the insert image function to work?
Thanks
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