Matt, If I understand you correctly, the answer is no, you would cut off the old crimp pins and solder the wires to the new ones. There is a diagram in the Final Assembly section of the manual. If (and only if) you have the proper crimping tool, you may crimp the leads instead of soldering, but very few have that tool.
The leads must be short - there is not much extra space inside the KX1.- only about 1 1/2 inches should be free. When you remove the back to change the batteries, you would normally just remove the connector from the KX1 board. Many builders do not insert the crimp pins into the housing correctly. There are small tabs that must lock into the rectangular holes in the back of the housing. You must slide the crimp pins in with some pressure toward that side of the housing - there are slots on the inside of the housing where the "flanges" of the crimp pin slide. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/9/2012 12:00 PM, Matt Hancock wrote: > That sounds like a good idea. Just to be clear, the second set of crimp > pins would plug into the first set, in the housing, thereby giving the > leads enough space to bend when the back cover is opened and I'm replacing > the batteries? > > ... Matt > > On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > >> Matt, >> >> I would cut the black wire off at the same point, then order 2 of the >> crimp pins and if you cannot get the old pins out of the housing, order a >> new housing too. >> >> See the KX1 manual for assembly of the housing. >> >> It makes no sense to me to replace the entire battery pack, you would just >> have to assemble it even with all new parts. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >> >> On 8/8/2012 8:06 PM, Matt Hancock wrote: >> >>> Hi there, >>> >>> I recently purchased a slightly used KX1. >>> >>> Went to use it in the field last week, and as I was popping in >>> batteries to the internal pack, the red wire broke at the point at >>> which it it is soldered to the little whit clip that connects to the >>> transceiver. >>> >>> Can I easily replace the battery pack with a new one? >>> >>> 73, >>> >>> Matt, AC9BQ >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> ______________________________**______________________________**__ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: >>> http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecraft<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> >>> Post: mailto:elecr...@mailman.qth.**net <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> >>> > ______________________________________________________________ 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
