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You can put it in a box or on a plate mounted to something else. So long as there is a mass of aluminum for extra heat sinking that will be exposed to free air. You may not actually need this since the resistors I suggested are rated in their own heat sink case, but screwing them to something thermally insulate, like wood, is probably bad. If you're just using cement type resistors just allow an inch between them and anything else and mount them in place with an aluminum plate pressing them into an aluminum case. That's actually how my personal unit is done.
Layout is utterly unimportant with the exception that you don't want this stuff near input or preamp circuitry (any more than you would want a speaker there).
Use heavy wire. Household cord is fine.
I've been using toggle switches. A standard AC mains "on/off" switch arranged DPDT will do. The idea of putting it on a footswitch is a good one though. If you were using the same tone for both lead and rhythm you could punch the "bypass" for a solo boost. Pretty fetched, but it's not a bad idea.
You can put it in a box or on a plate mounted to something else. So long as there is a mass of aluminum for extra heat sinking that will be exposed to free air. You may not actually need this since the resistors I suggested are rated in their own heat sink case, but screwing them to something thermally insulate, like wood, is probably bad. If you're just using cement type resistors just allow an inch between them and anything else and mount them in place with an aluminum plate pressing them into an aluminum case. That's actually how my personal unit is done.
Layout is utterly unimportant with the exception that you don't want this stuff near input or preamp circuitry (any more than you would want a speaker there).
Use heavy wire. Household cord is fine.
I've been using toggle switches. A standard AC mains "on/off" switch arranged DPDT will do. The idea of putting it on a footswitch is a good one though. If you were using the same tone for both lead and rhythm you could punch the "bypass" for a solo boost. Pretty fetched, but it's not a bad idea.
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