Susan, I was using a heavy-duty (#10) power cord with power-pole connectors with my K3 and the weight of the wire would pull the connector loose. One of the connectors was pulled off the wire (which was crimped by the mfr and not soldered) so it is in my "to be repaired bin" and I made a lighter power cable (#14) with the 15amp power-pole connector supplied with the K3 kit (since I have only the K3/10). But to ensure it will not be pulled, I tywrap the cable to the back of my radio table which I have lined with ordinary peg board (fiber board with an array of holes for inserting hangers). I just loop the tywrap thru two adjacent holes and tie the cable to the board at several points over to the 13.8v power distribution terminal strip (bolted to the peg board).
In fact all my station wiring and permanent coax runs are secured to the peg board. It helps to control the "rats nest" effect. Hope that helps! 73, ED - KL7UW PS: My website is down temporarily but I have photos of the peg board/wiring on there. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:15:48 -0700 (PDT) From: ussv dharma <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] DC Power cable To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Jim Brown <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 The power pole connector cable I recd with my k3 has no place for a pin. The darned thing keeps disconnecting. HELP Great Grandmaw Susan 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 144-QRT*, 432-100w, 1296-QRT*, 3400-fall 2010 DUBUS Magazine USA Rep [email protected] ====================================== *temp ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
