[gfw]

I've had my partially built ripper sitting around for far too long and I've decided it's time to finish it up.  I just have one quick question that kind of halted progress earlier.  Does the op amp socket orientation matter?  I accidentally mounted one the the way that it should not have been with the small cutout at one end pointed the opposite way it should have been.  I found that taking it out is VERY difficult for me.  Do I need to keep trying so I can flip it around, or is it fine like it is? 

Thanks a ton and I look forward to the completion of this project.

[dnewman]

You have to flip it around or you will destroy it.

Keeping in mind that I've not built a Ripper myself, aren't these op amps in 8 pin DIP
packages?  If so and if an 8 pin DIP socket was used, then the orientation of the socket
while useful is not operationally critical.   (Unless, of course, you cryo treated the input
and output pins only )  One would just have to be careful to put the op amp itself
in properly oriented, ignoring the orientation cut out or pin 1 indicator on the socket
itself.  And putting a label on the socket and on the op amp documenting this would
be wise.  Because if you or someone else ever does put the op amp in rotated 180
degrees then all will not be well: putting things like V- on the offset trim, or V+ on the
+ leg of the input doesn't sound good.

But hey, at least you used sockets....

Dan

[hagtech]

Sockets usually have some physical indication of pin1, just like the chips.  It helps to make sure you install the opamps correctly.  But like they said, the socket itself doesn't really care.

jh