My First WOPL 400 Series 2 Build

Hexis22

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#42
Nice work.

Don't forget you need to lace in two 22AWG wires to fused B- (plus a ground) to feed the Cylon meters.

See below for recently completed 400 SII with two Blue and one Black 22AWG to the left of the control board.

It's easier to add them now rather than waiting until after placing the bulk caps and tie wrapping all the wire bundles.

 

Dnspy007

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#43
Nice work.

Don't forget you need to lace in two 22AWG wires to fused B- (plus a ground) to feed the Cylon meters.

See below for recently completed 400 SII with two Blue and one Black 22AWG to the left of the control board.

It's easier to add them now rather than waiting until after placing the bulk caps and tie wrapping all the wire bundles.

Thank you Sir.

That sure is Purdy. Beautiful job Brother, you just keep making them look slicker with each build. If I can get mine to look half as neat as yours, I'll be tickled.
 
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Made a little more progress this week. Watts DCP in and wired up, Backplane B- B+ wired in, IEC wired in, Cylon meter wires in. I believe it's ready for Caps, Buss Bar and ground wires. Let me know if I've overlooked anything. Should get the Meter sensitivity switch today. Eric was kind enough to point me in the right direction.(Thank You Sir) Thanks for looking.......

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New Cylon Meter Boards....
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Regarding the Capacitor hold down plate. I recommend you flip it over so the notch is closer to the top of the amplifier. I had to do this on mine in order for the Meter stud to clear the hold down plate. Depending on your Meter manufacturer, it may clear regardless, but that is what the notch is for. Your build quality is excellent, you may find yourself doing these upgrades for others very soon!
 

Hexis22

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Regarding the Capacitor hold down plate. I recommend you flip it over so the notch is closer to the top of the amplifier. I had to do this on mine in order for the Meter stud to clear the hold down plate. Depending on your Meter manufacturer, it may clear regardless, but that is what the notch is for. Your build quality is excellent, you may find yourself doing these upgrades for others very soon!
Cylon meters, plenty of room between the back of the meters and the cap hold down plate on this Series II build with a WO chassis...
 
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Regarding the Capacitor hold down plate. I recommend you flip it over so the notch is closer to the top of the amplifier. I had to do this on mine in order for the Meter stud to clear the hold down plate. Depending on your Meter manufacturer, it may clear regardless, but that is what the notch is for. Your build quality is excellent, you may find yourself doing these upgrades for others very soon!
Mark, Thank You for the kind words. I'm just hoping not to see Marvin before I finish..:D Never thought about the hold down plate with the all the room in a new chassis. I'll flip to make look right. Thanks again
 
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Mark, I do appreciate the compliment on my build quality. It's been weighing kind of heavy on me, For not mentioning the credit, where the credit is do. All I've done is follow some great craftsmanship of the members of this site. Tried to do the best I could to match the quality of the previous builds. I Thank everyone for the help and guidance along the way. I'll probably need a lot more during this next phase.

I sure appreciate all the help, Doug
 
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