"Jim Shorney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:37:29 -0500, Garey Barrell wrote:
>> The one on my L4B failed quite spectacularly. One of those things you never >> forget. I'm still not sure why, but the working theory is that the connector >> body absorbed enough moisture to flash over at 220 volts. > >That's interesting..!! Never really thought about it, but the 400 >Series connectors are only rated to 250VAC, so I guess it wouldn't take >much moisture. The REAL Cinch-Jones connectors are a true bakelite >body, while the Molex versions are a thermosetting plastic. Yeah, go figure. I plugged my NCL2000 into the same source and it ran like a champ, so it likely wasn't a problem with the house wiring. I quadruple checked all the wiring, everything was fine, the L4B had been power-up tested on 120v without issues. When I said "specatcular", I wasn't kidding. Flames shot out of the connector on the end of the PS-to-RF deck cable. I didn't intend to cast aspersions on Jones connectors, they really are quite good. 73 -Jim -- Ham Radio NU0C TR7/RV7, TR6/RV6, T4XC/R4C, L4B, NCL2000, SB104A, R390A, GT550A/RV550A, HyGain 3750, IBM PS/2 - all vintage, all the time! HyGain 3750 User's Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HyGain_3750/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
