Ted - been there! I de-kink mine before placing them on the board. Jim Bennett / W6JHB Folsom, CA
> On Oct 15, 2015, at 3:42 PM, Dauer, Edward <eda...@law.du.edu> wrote: > > If you¹ll forgive what to the experienced will be a silly question . . . > > Building a K2. Some of the capacitors (e.g. the 0.047) have leads that > have a ³kink² in each side, about 2 mm from the cap itself. (The lead > spacing is correct above the kinks and correct again below them.) If > inserted gently into the PCB the component stops at the kink. But that > leaves the leads too long, I think, contrary to the principle that short > leads avoid stray couplings. So, two other possibilities. One is to > ³dekink² the legs with needle-nose pliers - straightening them out, > allowing the body of the cap to sit on the PCB surface. The other is to > pull the leads through the PCB until the kinks snap through and come out > the other side. That sounds neater, but it seems as if it¹s putting > stress on the capacitor itself. What¹s the best way to do this? And why > are those kinks there in the first place? > > Thanks, > > Ted, KN1CBR > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to w6...@me.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
