[Boatanchors] 2013 myth

[rbethman]

Now why in the world do I want to go and make a whole heap of *extra* work?

To replace even ONE of them, I have to unsolder every lead going to 
*IT*, unscrew the old one from the chassis, screw a new one on - THEN 
solder all the component leads back on.

1)  I have over 100 of these in blue.

2)  While they aren't the "Y" topped, they have two sections on top with 
a round flat top.

I clip the leads to *PREVENT* extra work........

Bob - N0DGN


On 7/8/2013 10:28 AM, Bry Carling wrote:
> Bob,
>
> I had a number of those really nice individual stand offs, with Y 
> shaped Terminals on top of them. Screw hole in the bottom. Nobody 
> seems to want them. Pretty sure they're still here.
>
> 73
> Bry AF4K
>
> rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net> wrote:

> Looks like I'm NOT alone! That's the way I've been going through an old
>
>     R-390A.  The standoffs with the terminal on the top are brittle as
>     heck.  Since they wrapped every wire around tabs on strips, tube
>     sockets, and the standoffs, I'm NOT
>     breaking more things by attempting
>     to remove all the solder to get the two or three turns of a lead
>     completely off!
>
>     It makes no sense to then have to replace hardware just because I
>     replace a single component!
>
>     Clipping leads and leaving enough to solder to is common sense. Most of
>     the time I don't even make a quigg.  I just bend the left over leads
>     into a "U" shape, do the same with the new component's lead, so that
>     they are hooked together, and apply solder.
>
>     If you've got a good shiny solder connection, as opposed to one that is
>     a dull and obviously a cold one, then all is just fine.
>
>     The military had a requirement for the insulated standoffs vs. a
>     terminal strip.  I will make an assumption that they were purportedly
>     "more tolerant" of movement and rough handling.  I know - assume -
>     dangerous concept!  However, the only other "terminal strips" in the
>     R-390A that I see, such
>     as the power supply module, is a screw terminal
>     barrier strip.  The barrier keeping one from creating an inadvertent
>     connection between two adjacent screw terminals.  You had to work at it
>     by making a jumper.
>
>     Bob - N0DGN
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