Background
Now we will connect the circuit board you just soldered to the rest of the hardware and to the enclosure, the jar.
Prerequisites
- Circuit board from previous step
- The rest of the parts not already connected to the circuit board
- Necessary tools:
- Drill or some way to put a few holes into the lid of your jar
- Wire strippers (knife or scissors will do)
- Wire cutters (knife or scissors will do)
- Soldering Iron
- Solder
Instructions
Putting it all together
- Drill a hole for your potentiometer to mount to the lid of the EnerJar
- Drill two holes for the power cable to fit through
- Drill a hole for the mounting bolt which connects the lid to the circuit board
- Mount the bolt to the lid
- Mount the circuit board to the bolt
- Mount the potentiometer to the lid
- Solder the potentiometer to the wires that were soldered into place earlier
- Solder the power line wires to the wires that were soldered into place earlier
- Make sure that everything is wired and close the EnerJar
Results
You now have an assembled EnerJar, ready for testing.
Next Steps
Continue on to the testing page.