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20 W Stereo Integrated Audio Amplifier
– Prepare a 6-inch long #18 black wire. Attach a spade terminal to one end of the wire and
connect to the #4 terminal on the left channel PWB barrier strip (TB4). The spade
terminal should face the front of the chassis.
– Combine the 6-inch long black wire and the 27-inch long black wire from the right
channel PWB into a single quick-disconnect terminal. Attach the terminal to one of the
available GND positions on the rectifier PWB.
– Prepare an 18-inch long #18 black wire. Secure one end to the ground lug on the corner of
the right channel PWB. Solder.
– Route the free end of the 18-inch #18 black wire to one of the available the back panel
ground lugs. Do not solder. Route the wire through one of the cable clamps in the rear
portion of the chassis.
– Prepare an 18-inch long #18 black wire. Secure one end to the ground lug on the corner of
the rectifier PWB. Solder (2 wires).
– Route the free end of the 18-inch #18 black wire to the back panel ground lug that contains
the black wire from the right channel PWB. Do not solder. Route the wire through one of
the cable clamps in the rear portion of the chassis.
– Prepare a 13-inch long #18 black wire. Secure one end to the ground lug on the corner of
the left channel PWB. Solder (2 wires).
– Route the free end of the 13-inch #18 black wire to the back panel ground lug that also
contains the ground wires from the right channel and rectifier PWBs. Solder (3 wires).
– Prepare a 2-inch long #18 black wire. Secure one end to the ground lug on the corner of
the preamplifier PWB. Solder.
– Route the free end of the 2-inch #18 black wire to one of the available back panel ground
lugs. Do not solder.
5.5.9 Primary Power Connections
Find the package “AC Power Connector Hardware.” In the following steps, the ac primary wiring
will be installed.