Question regarding Ram's Head electrolytic orientation

Started by phizone, April 15, 2013, 10:32:21 AM

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phizone

I'm currently building the Ram's Head version of the Big Muff with NPN transistors using the schematic, pcb layout, and parts layout from GGG. I've finished everything except the electrolytics, but I think I've confused myself. The schematic seems to be for NPN with negative ground, but the electrolytic caps (with the exception of C14) are the same orientation as the PNP schematics I've seen. Should I flip caps C1, C9, and C13 around as I suspect I should? The schematic is here: http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/pdf/ggg_bmp_ram_sc.pdf?phpMyAdmin=78482479fd7e7fc3768044a841b3e85a

R.G.

Quote from: phizone on April 15, 2013, 10:32:21 AM
I'm currently building the Ram's Head version of the Big Muff with NPN transistors using the schematic, pcb layout, and parts layout from GGG. I've finished everything except the electrolytics, but I think I've confused myself. The schematic seems to be for NPN with negative ground, but the electrolytic caps (with the exception of C14) are the same orientation as the PNP schematics I've seen. Should I flip caps C1, C9, and C13 around as I suspect I should? The schematic is here: http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/pdf/ggg_bmp_ram_sc.pdf?phpMyAdmin=78482479fd7e7fc3768044a841b3e85a
You're correct. C1, C9 and C13 are shown with the wrong polarity. You might want to drop J.D. a note at GGG pointing that out.
R.G.

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phizone

Thanks R.G. I sent an email to let him know. Also,just to clarify, I double checked the schematic against the layout before sending the email and in the parts layout C9 seems to have the correct polarity, so it's only wrong in the schematic. C1 and C13 are incorrect in both schematic and parts layout.

jsleep

I just fixed these diagrams.  Thanks for letting me know.  For people how have bought kit, the C1 might cause problems for some people if they put it in backwards, the kits have non-polars for the 1uFs, so that's not an issue for C9 and C13.  I apologize profusely to anyone who suffered from this error. 

Thanks!
JD
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