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squash, or even tear, the insulating pad. All the nuts need to do is hold the power devices up
against the panel.
With both the board and power devices secured to the panel with their mounting hardware
you can now solder the regulators' leads from the top side of the board. Snip off any excess
lead lengths above the solder joints.
Assuming you haven't wired up the PSU2 board to any earth bond or distribution system yet,
it is worth checking the insulation under the two regulators is working correctly. Check with
your continuity tester, or using the resistance setting on your multimeter, that there is a very
high resistance between the tab of each regulator and the metal panel. That is, there should be
no continuity between the tab and the screw that runs through it.
Power distribution comes in many shapes and forms. The Oakley Dizzy and MU-Dizzy modules make it
easy to distribute power to multiple modules, however, if you have just a few modules then one of these
Faston blocks can be used for a cheap but very good solution. This particular set up allows just four
modules, actually in this case it's two Oakley ASVs, to be connected via 1/4" blade terminals.
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