It is Finished!

I finished the last bit of soldering tonight!

Here are some pics

The next steps are to double and triple check all of my connections for both the correct wiring and to check the solder joints. A cold solder joint has a dull appearance. All of the solder connections should be shiny.

As for plugging in and fireing up. Well there are some safety concerns. First amps, even small ones like this produces lethal voltages. Some safety precautions are in order.

I need to make a circuit in the power cord to check for problems. Here is a quote from the Aikens Amp web site, "make a fixture with a light bulb in a socket that is in series with one side of the AC line - if the amp has a major short, the light bulb will light up instead of blowing the fuse or vaporizing your new power transformer."

In fact, go to the web site and read their whole safety page found here: http://www.aikenamps.com/SafetyTips.html

It has some great advice that could save your life.

I have to go out of town this week, so I won't get to fire this puppy up for at least a week - I need to buy the stuff to make the safety curcuit. It shouldn't be long now!!