I guess my problem is: after reaching a certain age I have developed a bag full
of skills, which have served me very well for over a half century. Installing
small connectors is a piece of cake, that is until I came against the APP.
Didn't think needed to read the instruction sheet. After all, I should be able
to correctly install this with my bag of knowledge, right? Now that I have
achieved a higher level of connector expertise, I still prefer the Molex, but
that's me.
Also, something about having to buy a $30 crimper to do the right job tends to
rub me in the wrong direction as well.
Thanks for the bandwidth.
BillHarris-w7kxb/7
(long live the KISS principal)
> From: [email protected]
> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:31:14 -0700
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Power Shut Down Resolved!
>
> When making up APP connectors, you have to be VERY sure that the little lip
> on the connecting pin (the part that's soldered onto the wire) extends
> completely into the plastic housing so that it locks itself over the metal
> part inside the plastic housing. Viewed from the side it looks something
> like this:
>
> =============\
> ------------- \
>
> where the double line (string of = signs) represents the connector that's
> soldered onto the wire, the diagonal slashes represent the lip at the end of
> that connector, and the single line of dashes represents the metal part of
> the plastic housing. If you can pull the wire out, it ain't locked in place.
>
> Once I realized this, I have never had a problem with APPs.
>
>
> Lew K6LMP
>
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