I worked in a factory making injection molded plastic items, which I
presume the mic cases are. If the machines are not adjusted properly --
temperature, pressure, dwell, cooling, etc., it's possible to make parts
that are extremely brittle. Sometimes the stress of assembly and
shrinkage over time causes them to break spontaneously.
I remember an incident in which an engineer demonstrated a prototype to
an important overseas client -- and it broke in his hands. Very
embarrassing.
73,
Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
CWops #5
Formerly K2VCO
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On 04/09/2021 0:35, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Ian,
Elecraft has had a 'rash' of those incidents, but I thought they
addressed that with the mic vendor (yes, Elecraft does not stock parts
for the mic, they buy them whole from the vendor).
There was some speculation a few months ago about the cause -- and I
don't know the answer. Many thought the vendor may have overtightened
the screws, or there was a bad batch of plastic.
The MH4 does not have that problem as far as I know, and it is the same
case style.
I hope you hear something from Elecraft soon, but Labor Day holiday is
Monday, so send another email to [email protected] as soon as
possible today - I know it is late in the day for you.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 9/3/2021 5:00 PM, Ian Liston-Smith wrote:
Goodness! Thanks for all the replies where you've had the same happen.
It's extremely disappointing that Elecraft ended up selling an
inferior product for so much money - especially if they are not going
to sell spare cases. Seems this is a very common problem and not just
me being clumsy.
My mic will be under warranty, but I doubt Elecraft will pay the
return postage from the UK, and anyway they're likely to say it's been
mishandled and not covered under warranty anyway - despite this
obviously being a common problem.
Maybe someone from Elecraft could reply here as I've still not had a
reply to my email to their spares department.
Thanks for the gluing suggestions and I have tried that, but on
reassembly a thought: "This really shouldn't be necessary, surely they
sell spare cases." But I guess not if they just buy them from China!
If this was some cheap, unbranded stuff from the Far East, fair
enough, but it isn't!
Come on Elecraft...
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