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wire wrap and dead bug
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 2/9/2000 1:07 PM |
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jraden |
wire wrap and dead bug I've salvaged some parts from an old vcr. The components have very short leads. I'm planning on "dead bugging" them, and then wirewrapping the connections. I have 30 awg wirewrap. I'm building a minibooster to start with, and then some various distortion pedals. It's kinda a "how many things can you make from the carcass of something" thing. Like what my grade school teachers told me the Plains Indians did with the buffalo they hunted. Now I've been told the wirewrap won't be thick enough and will have too much resistance for what I'm doing. Is that so? |
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| 2/9/2000 1:32 PM |
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| Dave H. |
It should be OK for the low current of most effects. You can do the power and grounds as a "ring main" e.g. for the 9V supply start at your board 9V input pin then wrap to the next nearest 9V connection point then on to the next nearest 9V point and so on until you have connected up all the 9V points then connect a wire from the last 9V point back to the 9V input pin to complete the ring. It’s still only have two wraps per pin but you get two wires to share the current. Dave |
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