KPA-Solutions Camper 112 Plus Installation Instruction

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Page 1 Installation instruction KPA-Solutions Camper 112 Plus kit www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
5. Installation of the back plate (20-23) 6. Wiring the sockets and speakers (24-30) 7. Applying the new label on the terminal plate (optional ; page 30-34) 8. Last steps to complete your new speaker cabinet (page 35) 9. Congratulations ! (page 36) www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 3: Introduction
Such speakers act like a low pass filter and will filter many of the higher frequencies out of the sound. In the traditional tube world, this is a good thing, because higher frequencies generated by distorted guitar sound will sound harsh, if the are smoothed and even taken out of the sound. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 4 Since the Camper Plus cabinet is designed to leave a very small footprint on the overall sound, you will be able to listen to different speaker profiles or models as they were profiled or modelled by the gear you use to shape your guitars sound. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 5: Preparation
A 1 x 0,6m workbench would be perfect. • Unpack the Palmer 1x12” unloaded cabinet and take the cabinet out of the plastic bag. • Unpack our Camper Plus kit and check all of its components. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 6 – a 12” double cone broad band speaker – a tweeter with two wires and a crossover network already connected to it – 14 pieces 4,5mmx27mm flat head chipboard screws for panel mounting – 4 pieces 4,5x12mm flat head chipboard screws for the tweeter www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 7 – back plate with venting holes – mounting plate – terminal plate label www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 8: Recommended Tools
3. Recommended tools – drill machine – soldering iron (>40W is recommended) – solder – short screw driver Philips 2 (PH2) – half round bastard file for wood – 60 mm hole saw www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 9 – if no hole saw is available to you , you will need wood drills and a large flat screw driver + hammer or, preferably, a chisel to remove the left over material from the 60mm hole you will need for the tweeter. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 10 If you want to apply the new label on the terminal plate, you will need some : – paper towels – technical alcohol – a little bit of water – soap squeegee or credit card – www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 11: Routing The Hole For The Tweeter
If you own a 60mm hole saw, put the Palmer cabinet on its back side on your workbench and mark the centre of the tweeter hole 9,5cm from the upper inner side and from the right inner side of the cabinet. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 12 Do not use to much pressure on the saw and lift the saw every so often to remove dust and splinters from the cutting area. After the hole has been drilled, remove dust from the cabinets inside and baffle with a vacuum cleaner. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 13 If you do not own a 60mm hole saw, the hole can be done too, but it will take a little more time and effort : – Mark the 9,5cm / 9,5cm position on the baffle as shown above. – Use a ruler and a (white) pen to extend the lines horizontally and vertically www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 14 The tweeter comes with a round rubber foam seal ring. Align that seal ring so, that the 4 small mounting holes accord with the lines. Scribe the inner circle of the seal ring to the cabinets baffle with a white pencil. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 15 I used a 10mm wood drill here to demonstrate the process. Drill one hole after another. The holes should be as close to each other as possible, but stay just inside the 60mm circle. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 16 Use a flat screw driver or a chisel to cut through the left over material between the holes and remove the material from inside the circle. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 17 Use the round bastard file to file to trim the holes shape to the circle. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 18 There is a small nib on the tweeter at the opposite side from the wire terminals which does not fit into the round cut out we just made. Use the bastard file again to notch the hole to fit to the nib of the tweeter. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 19 The tweeter sits inside the baffle now. Please do not forget to put the rubber foam seal ring between the tweeter and the baffle. Fix the tweeter with the 4 small chipboard screws. Done !! www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 20: Installation Of The Back Plate
I also recommend to take out the tweeter again because the wires connected to the tweeter will be in the way when you assemble the back plate and the mounting plate. – Put the mounting plate into the Palmer cabinet first. – Put the back plate into the Palmer cabinet secondly. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 21 – Push the back panel into the opening of the Palmer cabinet. – Press the mounting plate to the inner wall of the cabinet and align it to the back plate. – Use the markings we made on the back plates inner surface to align both plates to each other. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 22 Once the mounting plate is aligned with the markings on the back side of the back plate, screw in the first two 25mm chipboard screws. I recommend to choose the vertically aligned two screws in the middle of the mounting plate. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 23 Tighten all screws until there is no gap left between the mounting plate and the inner back side of the cabinet and the back plate is in place. The back plate should align perfectly with the outside of the Palmer cabinet. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 24: Wiring The Sockets And Speakers
Before you start to do the wiring, please put the tweeter back in place. Put the terminal plate in front of the cabinet and pull the tweeter wires through the 12” mounting hole. Now you can do the wiring at the terminal plate. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 25 This is what the terminal plate will look like when the Palmer cabinet has arrived : www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 26 And this is what it will look like after we have finished the wiring : www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 27 There are many ways to do this, but I will show you the method I think is the fastest and easiest to do. – dissemble both jacks from the terminal plate – cut the original wires which connect both 1/4” jacks as close to the solder lugs of the 12” speaker jack as possible www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 28 – remove left over solder from the solder lugs. This can be done with a de- soldering pump. If you don’t have such pump available, simply melt the solder until it becomes liquid and bang the socket on the table. The solder will splash out of the solder lug on the table. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 29 The tweeter wires will come with long wire jumpers already connected to it. Mount both 1/4” jack to the plate to get the right distance between both jacks before soldering. Solder the wire jumpers in place as shown bellow. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 30 Dissemble the 1/4” jacks from the terminal plate. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 31: Applying The New Label On The Terminal Plate (Optional
If you have not dissembled both jacks from the terminal plate, please do so now. Clean the surface with some alcohol and a paper towel to remove fingerprints and other dirt from it. Prepare some water, a piece of soap or liquid soap, a squeegee and the new label. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 32 Damp the soap with some of the water and cover the complete surface of the terminal plate with a thin film of soaped water. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 33 Peel the white paper backing off the sticker. Slowly lower the sticker onto the surface and rub it in place firmly with a squeegee or credit card. Rub the sticker until no soap water is pressed out of the area between the sticker and the plate. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 34 If the sticker moves, you can hold it in place by sticking one fingertip into on of the jack holes. After a while, the sticker will not move any more and will hold tight to the plate with no air bubbles between the sticker and the plate. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 35: Last Steps To Complete Your New Speaker Cabinet
+ wire to the plus + lug of the speaker and the mini – wire to the minus – lug) – Mount the speaker to the baffle with the 4 screws that were delivered with the Palmer cabinet. www.kpa-solutions.com...
Page 36: Congratulations
9. Congratulations ! That was easy, wasn’t it ? :-) Put the grill cloth frame back into position and start to play guitar ! www.kpa-solutions.com...