RE: K2/100 DC power connector

Posted by Jim Sheldon on Feb 12, 2005; 3:51pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/K2-100-DC-power-connector-tp374559p374562.html

You can also use a small flat-blade jeweler's screwdriver from the front.
Carefully insert it under the hooked end and gently lift it up over that
piece of flat spring steel that locks it in place.  Once you get the
contact's front lip lifted above the flat piece, you can gently tug it loose
by the wire from the rear.  I did this successfully this morning twice --
not enough coffee, and put the red wire in the black hole -- that's kinda
like putting the round peg in the square hole on a psych test.

Jim - W0EB
Wichita, KS

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of James
> T. "Jim" Rogers, W4ATK
> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 9:39 AM
> To: Elecraft Reflector
> Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K2/100 DC power connector
>
>
> There is an extraction tool to do this, supplied with the
> Anderson Power Pole kits. The tool is of thin steel, shaped
> (sort of half moon) to fit around the wire crimped in the
> power pole connector. It slipped in underneath the wire and
> connector releasing the retainer spring inside the plastic
> housing. You could then slide the wire and connector from the
> housing. You could try a stiff thin piece of steel or brass,
> if you can insert it, from the rear (wire side), in such a
> way to release the retainer, the connector will slide from
> the housing with a gentle tug.
>
> Jim W4ATK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]]On Behalf Of Steve L.
> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 8:56 AM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: [Elecraft] K2/100 DC power connector
>
>
> Hey, I'm just about to power-up my fully built K2/100
> mod and... snapped the RED DC power connector onto the
> BLACK wire. This is the external DC power cable &
> connector.
>
> So, is there an easy way to extract the pin from the
> housing to reverse these? I've never seen this
> connector before and it doesn't look friendly to mods.
>
> 73, Steve N4SL
>
>
>
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