[Elecraft] Power Poles...

[Grant Youngman]

That was the point.

The other point was -- How hard is it to build a power pole connector, put it together properly,  and LABEL the darn thing to avoid disasters like plugging a 24v supply into a 12v radio?  :-)

Grant/NQ5T


On Jun 28, 2010, at 10:38 AM, Tom W8JI wrote:

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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t at tx.rr.com>
> To: "Elecraft Email" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 10:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Power Poles...
>> It would also be simple enough for the manufacturers to solve the polarity problem by using a bridge rectifier at the power input, although that has a definite downside as well.
>> 
> 
> It sure does have a downside. The 1.4 volts drop would seriously hurt the maximum low-distortion power output. 13.8 volts is bad enough for clean SSB at the 100 watt level.