Potentiometer issues resolved.. Preamplifier issue now?

[HMF]

Hello,

Got my kit for Christmas from Santa.. yay!!

All parts were included, which is awesome. Just started putting it together and the indexing hole for the potentiometer indexing pin was a little off, and the little pin cracked at its base the moment I tried to put it in. It's still attached, just cracked. It seems to hold fine.

Just wondering if I should be quite concerned or if there is a quick fix I can make to resolve this? I'm new to all of this, so don't want to screw anything up!

Would it be a problem to just throw a little solder in the crack to make it a bit stronger?

Other than that, all is going very well.

Thanks!

HMF

 

[Paul Birkeland]

You can snap the pin off and mount the pot without it.  If the pot loosens up, it may rotate a bit, all you'll have to do is pop the knob off and tighten down the mounting nut again.

-PB

 

[HMF]

Ah ok. Easy enough.

Thanks for the advice.

 

[braubeat]

put on a good lock washer and it will be fine.

Michael

 

[HMF]

Another question... this time regarding power supply.

The power supply that shipped with my unit has terminals 1 through 7. However, the power supply in the manual, and in all illustrations has an additional 3 terminals, 8, 9 and 10... The label on the power supply also only goes up to terminal 7.

Did I receive the incorrect power supply, or do I simply have an outdated manual?

Colour me confused. :/ If anyone knows that would be most helpful.

Thanks sirs.

Edit: This is what I have in my possession.

http://www.bottlehead.com/store.php/products/pt-5-preamplifier-power-transformer

 

[Doc B]

Someone packed the wrong transformer in your kit. Should have been a PT-3. Contact Eileen at queen at bottlehead dot com and she will ship the proper transformer to you.

 

[HMF]

I thought that might be the case.

Thanks for the reply.