[Elecraft] KAT100 LED assembly

[Wayne Burdick]

I didn't realize there were crips on the leads. I thought the issue was epoxy on the leads
near where they attach to the body of the LED. As long as it isn't hard to push the LEDs
down onto the board, go ahead and push them past the "crimps" until they are flat.

Wayne

Don Brown wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> The manual is correct they need to be all the way down on the board. You may
> need to push a little to get past the little nub on the lead.
> 
> Don Brown
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vic Rosenthal" <rakefet@rakefet.com>
> To: "Elecraft" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 1:20 PM
> Subject: [Elecraft] KAT100 LED assembly
> 
> > The KAT100 manual says the front-panel LEDs must be flat against the
> board.  The
> > leads of the LEDs have little crimps that stop them from being inserted
> all the
> > way.  Is the manual correct and I should force them in all the way (or
> file the
> > crimps), or should I just go as far as the crimp?
> >
> > I think they need to go in all the way, but I just want to be sure.
> >
> > Vic K2VCO