power cord quest

[Edward B Richards]

Hi all;
I use female Molex connector pins soldered to a power cable and put
shrink tubing over each pin. It is not pretty but safe and effective and
does not modify the radio in any way. Just be certain to get the safety
ground (green) wire to the correct pin (the center one, I believe).  When
you find the correct cord just pull the temporary one off; no damage!
On the 401 "heavy" cord, the SB-401 is fused at 4 amps The  ARRL 1996
handbook, page 24.8 rates # 18  (common lamp cord) for 16 amps in open
air or 10 amp in bundles. More than adequate. Regards,
Ed Richards


On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 14:15:45 +0000 Steve Harrison <ko0u at OS.COM> writes:
>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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