Tighe, there should be no problem with leaving them as they are. That's just a power connection to the fans, and as long as everything fit physically leaving a little pin exposed is fine.
Several people reported this situation on the reflector some time ago. Apparently some boards were fabricated with slightly over-length pins. 73 Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tighe Kuykendall Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 11:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] (fwd) Re: KPA500 Fan Power Connector issue I built my KPA500 a couple of weeks ago. I also had the long pins but didn't find anything about trimming them when I searched. I just went ahead and pushed the connector down onto the pins as far as it would go and left it, so I have some exposed pin between the bottom of the connector and the board. I'm wondering if I should take it apart and trim them? Curious if there's any potential issue with leaving it as-is. It works just fine, at least right now... Tighe NK4I On 3/12/13 8:53 AM, AG0N-3055 wrote: > Had to forward this again due to the stupid reply to that assigned on > this list. :o( > > > On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:50:54 -0600, Gary McDuffie > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:12:45 -0700 (PDT), k2np wrote: > >> I had the exact same issue. It looks like pins in the manual are >> probably shorter than they are in the latest kits. I put it on >> 2/3rds of the way and it seemed to 'latch' in place. I finished >> assembling the kit and the fan was working so I figured that was good enough. > Same on my kit I built recently. I corresponded with Elecraft and > sent a picture of the length and how far the plug was lacking of being > fully inserted and was told to cut off the pins. Just make sure you > have a good penetration of the female socket on the wire when you insert it. > Cut off excess and be done with it. I have pix if you want to see how > long mine was. Look back in the archives and I think you'll find my > posting that tells how much too long it was. The pins are very long > coming out of the board. > > Gary ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
