Paul, Well, to keep you going, I would suggest the soldered-on leads should be adequate to carry the current, and will be OK for a while. But some consideration should be given to providing a good heat conductor through the leads too. I believe the continuous leads would allow better heat dissipation from the resistor.
If it were me, I would order a replacement, but you can use that one for now with no harm - the current drawn is not very high until you start testing the KPA100 at full output. 73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > > Not fully reading the directions before installing the component, I > immediately clipped off (at the respective holes where the two > component leads were inserted) the leads after installing current > sensing resistor R7 into the closest of the 3 holes on the two solder > pads. Would it be sufficient to solder short pieces of the clipped off > R7 leads to the two pads, from the innermost holes on the pads (where > the R7 leads have been soldered and flush-cut), or do I need to remove > R7 and properly install a new, replacement resister? Since, even > thought there's plenty of electrical continuity, there's a physical > discontinuity between the resister leads and the small clipped pieces > of lead I've installed, I'm wondering if this is going to cause an > electrical performance (or cooling) problem down the road, that can > only be avoided by taking out the improperly installed component and > installing a replacement component correctly. > > Thanks, > Paul, N6LQ > > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
