One method to avoid confusion is to use different color power poles for different supply voltages red-black for 13.5V, green-black for 24V, White-black for 5V, etc
Many sites sell the various color options. 73 K1NR K2 SN 6k... On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:48:20 -0500 Grant Youngman <[email protected]> wrote: > That was the point. > > The other point was -- How hard is it to build a power > pole connector, put it together properly, and LABEL the > darn thing to avoid disasters like plugging a 24v supply > into a 12v radio? :-) > > Grant/NQ5T > > > On Jun 28, 2010, at 10:38 AM, Tom W8JI wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grant Youngman" > <[email protected]> > > To: "Elecraft Email" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 10:29 AM > > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Power Poles... > >> It would also be simple enough for the manufacturers > to solve the polarity problem by using a bridge rectifier > at the power input, although that has a definite downside > as well. > >> > > > > It sure does have a downside. The 1.4 volts drop would > seriously hurt the maximum low-distortion power output. > 13.8 volts is bad enough for clean SSB at the 100 watt > level. > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Web mail provided by NuNet, Inc. The Premier National provider. http://www.nni.com/ ______________________________________________________________ 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
