Ron wrote: "Improper mating is usually caused by one of the contacts not being fully inserted in the housing. The contact may be shoved in as far as it will go, but if it was crimped poorly or soldered with too much solder on the outside of the terminal, the bad crimp or solder jams against the side of the housing before the contact is fully in place."
After experiencing poorly seated Power Pole contact issues a number of years ago, I now keep a small flat blade jeweler's screwdriver in my Power Pole contact parts drawer. After I push the contact/wire assembly all the way into the housing, I insert the flat blade of the screwdriver into the back housing opening. I align the blade on the edge of the round crimp portion of the metal connector and give it a firm push forward. I was amazed at how many times I got a nice crisp "click" from a connector that I was convinces had already been properly seated. Try it. Terry, W0FM ______________________________________________________________ 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
