Originally Posted by BrokenEnglish
ah... i see... interesting concept, but most likely lots of stress for the transformer. do you use regular fuses on the primary and/or secondary side?
i understand exactly what you mean and switched myself short time ago from simply connecting parts to pre-wiring some sort of traces before i solder in the main components. but i guess, it'd be better to reduce the solderpoints to the necessary minimum for optimal current-flow... well... just a guess.
I did use fuses during the tests, but not in the version I listen to. That toroid can handle the surge and I don't do power up/downs too often. (Heck, there is no on/off switch
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As for the solder points: you could be right, but could you please define what is the "optional current-flow"? As long there is a stable and good electrical contact between two points with a proper current handling capacity (often a problem with PCB tracks) it is fine for me. Anyway, I did solder down those points because some of the parts moved during assembly, and with them the lines too. After a while a lot of unused joint posts were used and I couldn't move the legs to their posotion without reheating them. To solder all the points was just a little cosmetics