Wanted: source for 3 wire flat black power cords

[Gary Fortnum]

On Sun, 8 Jul 2001 22:08:43 -0400, Doug Shields <w4das at ADELPHIA.NET> wrote:

>Hello all,
>   I am looking for a source for the AC line cords used on many Heathkit
>pieces.  It is a three wire power cord with black insulation.  It is a flat
>cable, not the round ones used now.  Does anyone know of a source for
these?
>I have checked all the local stores for extension cords.  Black is hard to
>find and I haven't found any three wire cords in black.  I want the flat
>wire as it fits through the strain reliefs much better.  Any suggestions
>would be appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
>
>Doug  W4DAS
>
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Hello Doug,

Had some glitches with my ISP and apparently the following response to your
request may have got lost so I'm posting it again.


About your power cord request;
 I had the same problem finding a source and was using ones I had found in a
surplus shop but they were a little thicker (about 0.340 x 0.150 in.) than
the usual Heathkit ones. I measured a Heathkit one and got about 0.280 in.
wide x 0.110 in. thick. The thicker ones (SPT-2) worked OK though, and
looked right at home, especially on the "heavier" equipment. I have a few
extra and I was about to offer them to you when I thought I would look up a
hunch I had.

 The power cord your looking for is an SPT-1 cable with a NEMA 5-15P molded
plug where SPT stands for Stranded Parallel Thermoplastic and the -1 is the
thinnest insulation providing the smallest outside dimension. The keyword
here being Parallel. With this information you can go to any cordset
manufacturer and see if they have a product to match.

 One of them is Electri-Cord Manufacturing Co. in Westfield, PA and I
believe they even made power cords for Heathkit.
If you look at there web site at:

     www.electricord.com

 under Products > Standard Powercords, you will find  P/N - ECM-136 that
should do the trick. When you click on Contacts they seem to have
distributors all over so you would likely find one near you.

Good Luck,
G

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