[Collins] 516F-2 wiring
Bob McGraw - K4TAX
RMcGraw at Blomand.net
Sun Dec 2 22:32:27 EST 2007
Most hardware stores and electrical supply houses have a "outlet tester"
which is a 3 prong device with 3 colored neon lamps. Plug it into any
outlet and look at the lights illuminated vs. the chart on the side. It will
indicate if the outlet is wired correctly or reversed or if there is no
neutral or no ground. These items typically sell for less than $4.00 and
are always good to have in the tool box.
As to the 516F-2, the cord should have or be a 3 wire cord with the Black
going to terminal #3 of TB3, White going to terminal #1 of TB3 and the green
to a chassis lug. Replacement cords with molded 3 prong plugs are available
as replacement appliance cords found at your local hardware or electrical
supply houses. A cord with #16 AWG wire is adequate for the 516F-2.
While the 516F-2 is not sensitive to having reversed wiring between line and
neutral, a reversed wiring configuration will put the fuse in the neutral
which, in the event of a failure, might not act as fuses are supposed to do
and protect the operator and then the equipment.
73
Bob, K4TAX
> Hi Cam,
>
> Your 516F-2 should have a 3 prong plug and the power supply does follow
> code in that the fuse is in the black or "load" lead. Realistically, it
> will work without problem if the leads are reversed but I would be very
> concerned about your house wiring if the outlets in your current house
> have the load and neutral connections reversed. Hopefully it was your
> previous house that was wrong but if it is your current one I would get
> your wiring checked and corrected because if someone reversed the wiring
> on a number of outlets it is likely that there are other serious mistakes.
>
> 73, Rodger WQ9E
>
> walnutcreek at appstate.net wrote:
>> Hi all, Just curious as I've had to change my amplifiers power plug
>> connections for the house we're in nows wiring, ie. I think every outlet
>> in the house was wired reverse of our last house. Is the 516F-2
>> sensitive to 110 VAC polarity deffirences or not? Thanks es 73,
>> Cam
>> WA4JKW
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