Raw Boards.
750 Ohm Resistors inserted. (Resistors have no polarity, but I put them all in the same way to make it easier to QC the boards.)
180 Ohm Resistors inserted.
Flipped for resistor soldering.
All resistors soldered. (Temp of 670 - 675 F if you have a temperature controlled iron.)
All resistor leads snipped off.
Close up of underside after resistors are soldered and leads snipped.
Close up of top after resistors are soldered and leads snipped.
Sockets inserted.
Be sure to align correctly.
Sockets soldered on, and RJ45 Jacks inserted.
RJ45 Jacks soldered on, TRIACS soldered on. Align Correctly.
The TRIACS are easy to solder when the board is held up by the RJ45 Jack on the other side.
TRIAC leads snipped.
Optoisolators being inserted - Align Correctly.
The last 8 and a spare for good measure!
A few of these PVC Pipe pods will be made - I bought a few parts, but they were SOOO much more expensive than the telecom enclosures.
Inside of the pod, without SSR.
Bottom of pod.
32 Heat sinks cut from aluminum angle bracket.
I made one, and then made the template (On top marked with a "T") so drilling the other 31 would be easier.
All 32 heat sinks cut and drilled.
Heat Sink Compound to go between the Triacs and the Heat Sink.
33 Completed SSR's!!!
PC Power Cords for SSR's
32 Telecom Enclosures.
Tight Fit!
Close Up.
Close Up of the newer 2.5e boards.
"Danger High Voltage" labels applied. www.ziptape.com has them if you're interested.
Lowes had 6' and 9' extension cords on clearance today so I cleaned out
3 stores! I got almost 500.
I need 1 per channel (392) and the
rest are to be used as actual
extension cords.
A few of the SSR enclosures with the power cords inserted. Just waiting to be stripped and connected to the terminals.