[Elecraft] Why not trim relay leads?

Fri Aug 2 22:39:00 2002

We had trouble with the tiny crystal holder too!  Don't recall the "HC" number, 
but just like the HC-6/U but smaller with wire leads...very common.  If you trimmed
the leads BEFORE soldering them to a PC board, you ran a risk of fracturing the
crystal blank from the vibration of cutting them!  You had to solder them on
the board FIRST, them clip off the excess lead!
I donno if this would work on the relays or not as it's hard to see insdie
of one without destroying one to find out what the construction is like!

73,
Sandy W5TVW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Martin" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 9:29 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Why not trim relay leads?

| Hello,
| could someone please explain me why trimming of
| relay leads may cause unreliable mechanical operation?
| 
| Thanks, 73
| Thomas
| 
| 
| _______________________________________________
| Elecraft mailing list: [email protected]
| You must be a list member to post to the list. 
| Postings must be plain text (no HTML or attachments). 
| See: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
| Elecraft Web Page: http://www.elecraft.com
| 
| 