I am waiting on a response from Elecraft TS on this one but I thought I would ask if anyone else has encountered this problem on the KPA500 kit.
On the bottom edge of both the right and left side panels there are places for three 6-32 flat head screws. The countersunk holes are obviously larger than those for the other 4-40 flat head screws. In my kit one of the three PIM nuts, for each side, was the correct 6-32 thread PIM nut and the remaining two had 4-40 PIM nuts installed in the bottom cover. When I had temporarily installed the left hand side panel in the middle of construction I failed to notice this and just installed screws that fit (one 6-32 and two 4-40) but during final assembly it became obvious that the 6-32 screws would not fit in 4 of the 6 positions. Thinking that they just had paint in them I tried tp run a 6-32 tap through one and it naturally seized up and twisted the PIM nut out. Not being the brightest bulb in the shop I tried that a second time and twisted out the second PIM nut. Fortunately these were both on the right hand side where there was room to slip two 6-32 hex nuts in place and I just used two 4-40 flat head screws on the left side. Hopefully Elecraft will be able to send me the correct PIM nuts to replace the four incorrect ones. That was my request in the email to Doug at tech support. I certainly would not want to replace the bottom coverl as that would require a complete disassembly of the amplifier. Has anyone else encountered this? Michael Blake k9...@mac.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
