Hi all,
I started thinking about circuit boards for my on going rebuild of my 8-coiler. I used R-Charge boards on the original build,
but the weakness with this type of board is the thickness of the copper strips, especially when a transistor has to be
replaced. It has been mentioned that JB likes to keep connections short and components soldered directly to each other.
So I came up with the idea of mounting the transistors on the sides of a cube with all the connections soldered to 3 copper
0.5mm thick copper disks.
I have tested the cube for a few months and it has not caused any problems. The replacement of a transistor can be completed
in 5 minutes. As you can see from the photos all connections are very close and the cube is smaller than a corresponding pcb.
The original copper rings were made from copper water pipe and machined to size, I have ordered some 0.5mm copper sheets
for the other 7 cubes.
Regards
Peter
I started thinking about circuit boards for my on going rebuild of my 8-coiler. I used R-Charge boards on the original build,
but the weakness with this type of board is the thickness of the copper strips, especially when a transistor has to be
replaced. It has been mentioned that JB likes to keep connections short and components soldered directly to each other.
So I came up with the idea of mounting the transistors on the sides of a cube with all the connections soldered to 3 copper
0.5mm thick copper disks.
I have tested the cube for a few months and it has not caused any problems. The replacement of a transistor can be completed
in 5 minutes. As you can see from the photos all connections are very close and the cube is smaller than a corresponding pcb.
The original copper rings were made from copper water pipe and machined to size, I have ordered some 0.5mm copper sheets
for the other 7 cubes.
Regards
Peter
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