lol. Sounds like me when I used to wire things into the family car. I
shorted something once on a road trip and blew the fuses for most of the
van's accessory items...no stereo, no power windows, no interior lights
excetra.
I also ran a 400 watt amp out of the cigarette lighter plug once...it worked
fine until the end of the plug melted and shorted together.
live and learn? thankfully my parents were quite tollerant and understanding
of my electronics tinkering.
I used to kill the car battery regularly as a kid when running the stereo,
cb, scanner and other various 13.8V devices while the car was not running.
Eventually they made me start buying new batteries when they got worn out
from constant charging and boosting.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: correctly wiring power cable for TW1
>
> If they don't, and you end up wiring it directly to the supply, I think
I'd
> give some thought to adding an inline fuse. It wouldn't be the first time
> that I had one of those barrel plugs slip out and short against
> something. My first experience with that was when the power cord slipped
> out of the back of my Realistic DX300 shortwave receiver that I used to
run
> mobile in my family's Mercury Cougar. When the plug slipped out, it
> shorted against the bolt where the seat belt was anchored to the
> floor. That made a lot of things go dark on the dash when the fuse
> blew! Fusing the power cord is just a good precaution unless you are
using
> some type of connector that has a fuse built in.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 09:32 PM 10/2/2008 -0400, you wrote:
> > John:
> >
> >Thanks much. ... That's what I thought but just wanted to be sure.
> >
> >And, when you wired yours directly to your Astron, did you use Anderson
> >power poles?
> >
> >I hope the Anderson terminals I have will accommodate that small-gauge
> >wire.
> >
> >73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 7:22 PM
> >Subject: Re: correctly wiring power cable for TW1
> >
> >
> > > The outer shell is negative, inner is positive, which is pretty
normal.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 6:42 PM
> > > Subject: correctly wiring power cable for TW1
> > >
> > >
> > >> Hi, again, folks.
> > >>
> > >> Well, I just got my TW1, and tried it with the wallwart, and it
sounds
> > >> just
> > >> great.
> > >>
> > >> Won't be able to connect it to the rig in the home shack, though,
till
> > >> the
> > >> week-end.
> > >>
> > >> I do have a question, however.
> > >>
> > >> When connecting the stock power cord that comes with the unit to a DC
> > >> power
> > >> source, is the positive wire the one that goes to the tip of the
plug? I
> > >> can assume this, but don't want to make a costly mistake.
> > >>
> > >> I want to do Anderson Power Poles for the bare wire ends.
> > >>
> > >> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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