(fwd) Re: KPA500 Fan Power Connector issue

[mcduffie]

Had to forward this again due to the stupid reply to that assigned on
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On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:50:54 -0600, Gary McDuffie <[hidden email]>
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
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[Tighe Kuykendall]

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
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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 <[hidden email]>
> 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

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[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ]

No, trimming is not required for the connector to make a good connection.

73,

Eric
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On 3/12/2013 11:54 AM, Tighe Kuykendall wrote:

> 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 <[hidden email]>
>> 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
>
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[mcduffie]

On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:39:46 -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> 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.

I just didn't care for the exposed area.  Under "certain circumstances",
they could be more susceptible to an accidental short.  It should cause
no problem otherwise.  It was just a matter of neatness for me.

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