Mostly Assembled Chassis

[Todzilla]

Got my kit this week and I'm starting, very cautiously, to put it all together.

My chassis and power supply came mostly assembled. The chassis instructions include ground-up assembly. Hence, many steps in the instructions are already done for me (which is nice!).

I think it's fairly clear which steps I don't need to bother with, but it would be helpful to have those steps identified, so I can skip them without worries.

As you can tell, I'm not much of an electronics whiz, but I managed to put together a couple of PAIA projects which powered up first try and worked like a champ, even with far crappier tools than I've now acquired, so I'm emboldened.

Anyway, if Tim could just throw out the step numbers that are unnecessary with the delivered chassis/power supply, that'd be great!

[tpryan]

Make sure all the power supply mounting screws are snug. Skip all the stuff about installing the divider and ground wire, though you can install a ground lead if you like. Also note the holes in the divider you can use instead of the adhesive anchor in step 23.

[hachaduryan]

Hi Tim,

I got my set today (the chassis, power supply, wiring and a preamp module) and I noticed that the power supply is already installed in the chasis (Thank you!).

The reason I am posting this is because I would like to know if I can assume this installation is complete, or if I need to actually redo any steps. Everything looks to be well installed, nuts are snug and all, but I immediately noticed that the grounding wire is absent (as in not installed and I don't see it in the parts I received).

So what do I do? Do I ignore the ground (per your reply above), or do I do something? From my dad (electrical engineer) I know that in order to ensure safe operation I need to have it grounded.

[tpryan]

Just make sure all the screws are snug. Safety ground is connected to the chassis through heavy traces on the PCB, but you can add a separate ground wire if you like.

[hachaduryan]

Then it looks like I'm good to go. Thank you!

Just make sure all the screws are snug. Safety ground is connected to the chassis through heavy traces on the PCB, but you can add a separate ground wire if you like.