[Elecraft] KPA100 DC connector WARNING ALERT

[John Cooper]

I use my kpa100 with a rigrunner 4005.  I also put powerpoles on all my
radios batteries solar controllers various kits and everything matches like
its supposed too.

By the way my local ARES group still uses the T connector that comes on
Kenwood radios.

WT5Y
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jackson" <kz1x at yahoo.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 11:04 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] KPA100 DC connector WARNING ALERT


> At Field Day, if you will be using your K2 with the
> KPA100 ... note that the radio's high-current DC port
> is 180 degrees reversed from the national ARES
> standard:
>
> http://www.ocraces.org/powerpole.html
> http://www.westmountainradio.com/pdf/QSTrr.pdf
> http://home.comcast.net/~buck0/app.htm
>
>
> If other Field Day attendees attempt to connect you
> rig to a standard-configured PowerPole fitting, they
> will be connecting with reverse polarity, and this
> will blow the fuse.
>
> Hopefully there IS a fuse ...
>
> Otherwise, quite a lot of smoke will come out of many
> places.
>
> Now that I realize the problem, I will be re-doing my
> KPA100 connector with a wire pigtail instead of the PC
> mount, to make the rear panel fitting the correct
> polarity.  The rear panel is also silk-screened
> backwards ( + and - ) from the standard but I will
> make a label of some sort to cover that up.
>
> Good luck and be careful out there.  Don't let others
> use your K2/KPA100 rig unless they also use YOUR power
> wire.  If they try to hook it up to an ARES standard
> club power block, uh-oh.
>
> 73 Steve KZ1X/4
>
>
>
>
>
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