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Re: pic: Wiring

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Originally Posted by laultima View Post
I would probably avoid wood for a base unless you have something under each component, I think we used plexy. We had screwed a bunch of stuff onto wood to make a test board to mess around with, and after awhile it started to smoke.
Wood is fine, as long as you don't try to run current through it. 330 has used wood for I don't know how long (5 years minimum) without an issue. We even hogged out the base last year and it held up to everything we could throw at it.
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