Heathkit Receiver Power Cords

[William Lockwood]

Hi Gang,

Before everybody rushed out buying these cords.....they will not fit the
Heath three prong receptacle as used on frequency counters, scalers and
other Heath equipment. The pin spacing is too wide. Take it from a guy who
found out the hard way. The catalog pictures look like exacly what is needed
but unfortunately they do not include measurements. I bought mine six months
ago and still have them sitting around collecting dust.

Best Regards, Bill




At 05:20 AM 1/14/99 +0000, you wrote:
>I found what look very much like the power cords with the round pins used
>with Heathkit receivers listed in the '98 Newark's catalog this afternoon.
>There are two types, the difference being that they swap the two outside
>wires from side to side (that is, the Line and Neutral wires).
>
>The cords are made by Belden, who calls these cables "SVT Cord,
>Unshielded". Looking at the open end of the round-pin connector, they are
>wired as shown below. Belden apparently cuts the cables to slightly
>different lengths to identify them. I would think that the round-number
>length of 8-feet would likely be the correct one.
>
>P/N 17280B  8-foot length  $5.31 each
>
>              Earth
>          -------------
>          |     o     |
>Line      |  o     o  | Neutral
>          -------------
>
>
>P/N 17952S  7-1/2-foot length  $5.92 each
>
>              Earth
>          -------------
>          |     o     |
>Neutral   |  o     o  | Line
>          -------------
>
>I don't know which way the Heathkit receivers are wired; somebody should
>look and see which pin of the power connector is wired to the ON/OFF switch
>and let us all know (I don't presently own a Heathkit receiver although I
>think I'm gonna pick up a SB313 from a local this weekend!).
>
>And no, I'm sorry: for some reason, I clean forgot to note what Newark's
>Stock Number was for these!! I'll look them up again tomorrow. Also, I
>think Newark has a minimum order but I don't remember if it's still $25 or
>has gone up. Also, I didn't check to see if they are actually in stock! I
>could not find such cords in the DigiKey catalog (however, DigiKey does
>carry Belden and so they may be able to special-order), and didn't have
>time to check other catalogs such as Mouser, MCM, or Allied.
>
>73, Steve Ko0U/1
>
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