power cord quest

[Keith Rowland]

Hello All:

This is probably heresy and certainly displays that I am no purist (I'd just like
to live longer), but I replace all 2-wire cords with 3-wire cords as a matter of
routine.

73,

Keith

Steve Harrison wrote:

> Because of the html or (whatever it is) in which this message was
> originally written, some of the message did not come out when I did a
> "reply to all". This seems an excellent example of why everybody should
> MAKE CERTAIN that your e-mailer is set to plain text.
>
> At 08:41 AM 1/19/99 -0500, Dick Blaney wrote:
>
> >Hello Fellow Heathens,
> >It sure would be nice to be able to find one of these sites that had the
> proper >replacement cordsets for our Heath SB "schtuph", but after
> searching many places, I'm >beginning to lose hope of finding anything
> close to "original".  Any thoughts about >converting to the standard
> computer type cordsets?  I know it means "chopping up" our >beloved rigs,
> but "when all else fails..........."
>
> All else has NOT failed. If one is considering something as drastic as
> actually cutting aluminum on the rear panel, then why not take the easy way
> out and simply solder a cord into the radio???? Either tack-solder it
> directly to the pins on the original connector, or remove the connector for
> posterity and run the cord through the remaining hole with some sort of big
> grommet. Sure seems a lot easier and cleaner than chopping holes in these
> radios.
>
> >  Further, in the case of the SB-401, which has a heavy 2 wire cordset,
> are there going >to be any cordsets made today that are 2 wire ungrounded
> with enough beef to carry the >current?  I don't need any replacements just
> yet, but there is always the future.  Just >my thoughts, but open to any
> suggestions.
>
> Same thing; simply solder to the original conn pins or remove the conn
> entirely.
>
> 73, Steve Ko0U/1
>
> P.S. To demonstrate how the rest of this html-formatted message came out
> here, I've left it down below.
>
> And no, I have NOT had my morning coffee yet (grumph-grumph...html...geez...)
>
> >    Hello Fellow Heathens, """"  """"    Just my thoughts,  but open to any
> >suggestions. 73 de Dick, WB8MHE wb8mhe at bright.net        -----Original
> >Message-----
> >From:      <multi-volti at SOFTHOUSE.COM>
> >To:      HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV<HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
> >Date:      Tuesday, January 19, 1999 2:30 AM
> >Subject: power cord      quest
> >
> >     I got a 'reader service card' in the mail      from Quail Electronics,
> >www.quail.com,      for power cords.           I haven't looked at the
> >site, but there are      some pretty weird looking ones on the card, so
> >someone oughtta take a      peek           Murray
> >
>
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