Each
kit or mod package contains the electronic components
relevant to the circuit. For example, the GPK
Guitar Preamp Kit contains the electronic components
that make up the audio path of a guitar preamp. This
does not include the power supply components or the
switching components. For those circuits, extra kits
are required (13VA and ERK
respectively).
Power
management kits, switching circuits and power supplies
have a layout drawing to make either an eyelet board
or a perf-board. Kits with larger parts (like the power
supplies) or that have parts on which the leads can
be splayed out (as in the ERK)
can be built using eyelet boards. Kits with tight-spaced
component leads, such as the integrated circuit in the
QRK, come with a perf-board
layout. Perf-board has 40-mil holes on a 0.1" grid,
ideally suited to mounting semiconductors.
Kits
to build preamps and power amps have two eyelet-board
layout drawings. One drawing allows the tubes and components
to be on the same side of the card, for applications
where the tubes will be inside the chassis. The second
layout allows the tubes to be outside the chassis while
the card and other components are inside the chassis.
The
DC Power Scale kits all
come with printed circuit boards. In the course of 2008,
all of the kits will acquire PCBs.
Modification
packages supply only the "extra" components that must
be added to an existing circuit to change or enhance
its function.
The
components used in the kits are the same ones London
Power uses in their amplifier and sound accessory
products. This includes: metal-film precision resistors,
flame-proof metal-oxide resistors, high-quality plastic
capacitors, low-leakage long-life-high-temperature electrolytics,
custom toroidal power and output transformers, and safety-agency
approved mains elements (fuse-holders, switches). Semiconductors
and tubes are used well within their ratings.
There
is no warranty on kits or the parts contained in them.
Every effort has been made to assure the kit notes are
error-free. London Power is not responsible for
misinterpretation of kit notes, mis-installation, or
for any damage such errors may cause.