[Collins] PM-2 power supply - case top front edge protector

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 22:22 +1200, Dave Brown wrote:
> I'm in process of restoring a couple of PM-2 power supplies. The 
> rubber (?) protection strip along the top front edge (used to provide 
> a 'buffer' for the lid on the KWM-2 to rest on when fully open) is 
> very discoloured on both of them and really needs to be replaced.
> 
> The strip is 'wrapped round' the top front edge of the PM-2 case for 
> most of its width and is about 3/8 inch wide on each side of the sheet 
> metal - sort of like a thin U shape that slips over edge of the PM-2 
> case and hides the otherwise unfinished sheetmetal edge.
> 
> The 'rubber' it is made from is maybe 1/16 inch thick at most but this 
> is enough to stop the M2 lid from resting directly on the PM-2 case 
> edge when the lid is fully opened back. Total length of strip required 
> is about 12-13 inches per PM-2 so I need maybe 28-30 inches at most.
> 
>  Not managed to source anything quite like it yet. Is there anyone on 
> list who has been down this track before-I'd be appreciative of any 
> suggestions for a source for a replacement-which needs to be grey.
> 
> 73
>  Dave, ZL3FJ
> 

Gray color is the hard part. McMaster-Carr (www.mcmaster.com) has black
in neoprene 8507K63, SBR 8510K12. But they show gray nonconductive SBR
9279K12 and my catalog says $7.73 for 2.5 feet. I don't know what there
is in your part of the world.
-- 
73, Jerry, K0CQ, Technical Advisor to the CRA
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