>>" ... so that the red 12V hot lead plugged into the black jack, partially >>melting it.
Just because someone has to state the obvious ... how about using a fuse? Mark AD5SS On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/31/2014 4:03 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: >> >> what did you do the break the APP housing, they are pretty sturdy things. > > > Once I looked more carefully at it, it turns out the wound was > self-inflicted. My operating bench has no clearance space behind it and a > shelf only six inches or so above it, so it's difficult to get to the back > of gear, let alone see what you're doing when you're back there. The failure > occurred when I tried plugging in the DC power connector and missed by one > position, so that the red 12V hot lead plugged into the black jack, > partially melting it. > > Thanks for all the detailed suggestions. The solution was to remove the top > panel, then the side panel. That gave me access to the jack, but when I > removed it, the #14 wire soldered to the PCB came with it. To solder a new > wire to the board, I needed access to the bottom side of the board -- my > Hakko from the top side wasn't cutting it. So I removed most of the screws > holding that bottom corner spacer, swiveled it out of the way of the iron, > loosened several screws holding the bottom cover and propped it open with > pliers so I could see that under-side solder pad. That let me make a good > joint. > > Everything is all better now. Thanks for the advice. > > 73, Jim K9YC > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
