AkitikA PR-101 - Figure 39-Motor POT Wiring Detail

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Figure 39-Motor POT wiring detail
Repeat the process for POT2.
Designation
Length D
Done

POT2 Long Wire
5/8”
Solder one end in the upper motor terminal.
POT2 Short Wire
½”
Solder one end in the lower motor terminal.
Install and solder both motor POTS on the board. Guide the motor pot wires into the
labeled holes:
 Long wire into MOTOR-
 Short wire into MOTOR+
You’ll solder in 10 places for each motor POT:
 3 terminals for the right channel
 3 terminals for the left channel
 Motor+ wire
 Motor- wire
 2 mounting terminals near the center of the motor POT footprint.
Make sure that the motor wires don’t touch the metal back
-
plate of the motor
-
pot.
Perform the following 4 steps to avoid losing the nuts that will be used to attach the
volume, balance, bass and treble controls to the front panel. (On some kits, you may find
that this hardware is already in place on the ends of the pot shafts).
Designation
Done

Pot 1 shaft Slip larger diameter washer over the shaft. Loosely
spin on a larger diameter nut.
Pot 2 shaft Slip larger diameter washer over the shaft. Loosely
spin on a larger diameter nut.
Pot 3 shaft Slip smaller diameter washer over the shaft. Loosely
spin on a smaller diameter nut.
Pot 4 shaft Slip smaller diameter washer over the shaft. Loosely
spin
on a smaller diameter nut.