[ARC5] Need HP Style Power Cord

[Richard Knoppow]

    Now you have me confused; is this a 2 wire or 3 wire cord?  -hp- 
cords are three wire. Similar looking cords were used on other equipment 
but the arrangement of the pins was different so they are not 
interchangible.  There is a good photo at:
http://www.skycraftsurplus.com/cordpower1836ftovalhp.aspx
   But it states out of stock.
    There is another photo at:
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~hilpert/e/powerConn/index.html

    Also see the discussion at:

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/hp_agilent_equipment/conversations/topics/9467


    The cord at ebay linked below IS the correct cord but make sure of 
its connections, i.e., the center pin on the socket side should go to 
the center pin of the equipment side. There is another version where 
they do not.

On 3/18/2016 5:57 PM, John Hutchins wrote:
> Wayne:
>
>
> This may be the end of discussion :
>
> There are new ones on the web I needed one for a piece of old HP test 
> equipment.  $19.00  that $1.90 in 1970 terms }
>
> NEW Oval 2 prong AC POWER Cord for Vintage receiver,Stereo, Ham radio
>
> Link to same on AMAZON.COM
>
> http://www.amazon.com/prong-POWER-Vintage-receiver-Stereo/dp/B015UXY4NU%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAILZCXXIZOV3FPNCA%26tag%3D4368434-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB015UXY4NU%26ascsubtag%3DABQTMXCB5S 
>
>
       Note that there a lot of _smaller_ 2 wire cords with somewhat 
oval shape used on all sorts of consumer equipment such as CD players. 
These are not at all the same and won't fit.
> Ebay :
> 3 - prong -oval
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Belden-800-5121-Vintage-Oval-AC-Power-Cord-3-Prong-7-5-Ft-/311567738756?hash=item488ae26784:g:u78AAOSwvgdW5yKY 
>
>
>
>
> On 3/17/2016 12:00 PM, mstangelo at comcast.net wrote:
>> Those oval connectors were also used on old Electrolux vacuum 
>> cleaners. I remember them from my youth.
>>
>> They may also be used with appliances. You may find them in a Thrift 
>> store or that pile of junk in the basement/attic.
>>
>> Mike N2MS
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
>> To: ARC-5 List <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 02:16:08 -0000 (UTC)
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Need HP Style Power Cord
>>
>> On 16 Mar 2016 at 20:41, Robert  Eleazer wrote:
>>
>>
>> Wayne:
>>
>> Those you mention are the much later IEC types, used in almost 
>> everything
>> these days, but what was wanted was the OLDer type of HP power cord.
>>
>> That one had a flattened, much smaller, three-pin connection unique 
>> to HP
>> and it looked and worked nothing even remotely like the modern ones.
>>
>> I have several pieces of the older HP gear here which require that 
>> earlier,
>> smaller one, and once the power cord is lost, finding a replacement 
>> is amost
>> impossible.
>>
>> I have had to replace the older HP power connector with a modern IEC 
>> type
>> for some of my gear. Many times, the IEC type simply won't fit as it 
>> is too big.
>>
>> Ken W7EKB
>>
>>
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Richard Knoppow
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