[Elecraft] Damaged relay - is it serious?

Tue Aug 27 12:53:15 2002

>No... Not serious.... Just as long as it's intranal workings=
 aren't
>showing!
>
>I would take quite a bit of heat to damage it other than 
cosmetically
>
>73!
>
>Jim W7RY
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Peter Halpin" <[email protected]>
>To: "Elecraft@Mailman. Qth. Net" <[email protected]>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 9:25 AM
>Subject: [Elecraft] Damaged relay - is it serious?
>
>
>>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I have managed to (slightly) melt the corner of one of the 10m=
 LPF
>>relays
>on
>>my K2's RF board (K6 to be exact) and I seem to remember=
 reading
>>somewhere
>>that this is not a good idea...
>>
>>Should I start panicking now, or is it not serious enough to=
 worry
>>about?
>>
>>Any tips/comments are welcome.
>>
>>145, Pete  PE1MHO - G7ECN
>>
>>
>>-- You only live once. Get it right, and once will be enough.
>>
>>
>>
As much as I hate to admit it , I did the same thing no problem=
 in so 
much as the relay doing it's proper functioning.
__Helm. WB2ADT
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