[Elecraft] Proper K2 power cord?

Chris Kantarjiev cak at dimebank.com
Mon Jul 16 11:27:29 EDT 2007


> Being concentrated heating points the terminals are usually where fires get  
> started when they are dissipating too much heat. 40 watts is about what the  
> average soldering iron provides (doing soldering jobs in ham rigs), so you 
> could  conceivably desolder a poorly done terminal if it has as little as 0.1 Oh
> m  
> resistance.
>  

This is, in fact, a known problem on some HP laptops; the power connectors
desolder themselves at the PC board. I've fixed several.


73 de chris K6DBG


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