P3: Removing the plastic display cover
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I have a bit of dust behind the plastic display cover on my P3, between the case and the cover. In reviewing the kit assembly instructions, it looks as if the four screws on the four corners of the plastic display cover are also used to hold the entire display board in place on the front panel. Is this correct? It also looks like all I need to remove these four screws from the front, while holding the entire display board in place from the rear, in order to get the plastic display cover off for cleaning. Is this correct? Are there any "surprises" in this process anyone knows of? Hidden washers to drop, etc? -- 73s and thanks, Dave (NK7Z) https://www.nk7z.net ARRL Technical Specialist ARRL Volunteer Examiner ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resource ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Dave... I have done this. I disconnected the unit and tilted it face forward quite a bit. I removed 3 screws but left one loose in the bottom left hand corner. I rotated the plastic face down and replaced 2 screws along the top of the screen. I then removed the original "lose" screw and plastic cover and replaced the other lower right hand side screw. I then cleaned up with a microfiber cloth and replaced the screen cover in the reverse order - always keeping at least one screw in the display while tilted forward. No issues for me. I also planned around a high humidity environment in the house to reduce the static cling. I turned the A/C off when I went to work while it was a warm overcast day and when I got home it was about 80% humidity in the house - trust me it makes a difference! Hank K4HYJ ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Cole (NK7Z) ([hidden email]) Date: 05/21/19 11:30 To: Elecraft Reflector ([hidden email]) Subject: [Elecraft] P3: Removing the plastic display cover Hello, I have a bit of dust behind the plastic display cover on my P3, between the case and the cover. In reviewing the kit assembly instructions, it looks as if the four screws on the four corners of the plastic display cover are also used to hold the entire display board in place on the front panel. Is this correct? It also looks like all I need to remove these four screws from the front, while holding the entire display board in place from the rear, in order to get the plastic display cover off for cleaning. Is this correct? Are there any "surprises" in this process anyone knows of? Hidden washers to drop, etc? -- 73s and thanks, Dave (NK7Z) https://www.nk7z.net ARRL Technical Specialist ARRL Volunteer Examiner ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resource ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] 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:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Hank,
Thank you for that tip! That was what I needed... Never thought of tilting the unit forward! I live in Oregon, it rains here all the time, and so humidity will not be an issue, lots of that here! Thanks again!! 73s and thanks, Dave (NK7Z) https://www.nk7z.net ARRL Technical Specialist ARRL Volunteer Examiner ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resource On 5/21/19 11:06 AM, Hank wrote: > > Dave... > I have done this. I disconnected the unit and tilted it face forward quite a bit. I removed 3 screws but left one loose in the bottom left hand corner. I rotated the plastic face down and replaced 2 screws along the top of the screen. I then removed the original "lose" screw and plastic cover and replaced the other lower right hand side screw. I then cleaned up with a microfiber cloth and replaced the screen cover in the reverse order - always keeping at least one screw in the display while tilted forward. No issues for me. > > I also planned around a high humidity environment in the house to reduce the static cling. I turned the A/C off when I went to work while it was a warm overcast day and when I got home it was about 80% humidity in the house - trust me it makes a difference! > Hank > K4HYJ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dave Cole (NK7Z) ([hidden email]) > Date: 05/21/19 11:30 > To: Elecraft Reflector ([hidden email]) > Subject: [Elecraft] P3: Removing the plastic display cover > > Hello, > > I have a bit of dust behind the plastic display cover on my P3, between > the case and the cover. > > In reviewing the kit assembly instructions, it looks as if the four > screws on the four corners of the plastic display cover are also used to > hold the entire display board in place on the front panel. Is this correct? > > It also looks like all I need to remove these four screws from the > front, while holding the entire display board in place from the rear, in > order to get the plastic display cover off for cleaning. Is this correct? > > Are there any "surprises" in this process anyone knows of? Hidden > washers to drop, etc? > > -- > 73s and thanks, > Dave (NK7Z) > https://www.nk7z.net > ARRL Technical Specialist > ARRL Volunteer Examiner > ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resource > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > 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:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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