[Elecraft] KAT100 LED assembly

[Tom Hammond NØSS]

He's referring to the slight 'added' width of the leads themselves about 
1/4" before you get to the base of the LED. It looks as though the leads 
have been 'held' tightly by something, which makes the leads just a wee bit 
wider at that point. Actually, I suspect it where the leads have been cut 
from a ribbon on leads during manufacture.

Tom


At 03:03 PM 11/11/02, Wayne Burdick wrote:
>Vic,
>
>It's probably easier to stop at the epoxy coating on the leads and not 
>force them down.
>Just equalize the height of all of the LEDs if some of them have such a 
>coating.
>
>73,
>Wayne
>N6KR
>
>
>Vic Rosenthal wrote:
> >
> > 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
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