[Elecraft] KPA 500 (SS Screws) END of Thread.

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

  Let's end this thread for now.

As a general note, we have used the exact same type of screw for all of 
our products for the past 11+ years with few reports of problems. I live 
within one mile of the coast her in California and never have seen any 
rust on our products.  Both Wayne and i frequently use them outdoors for 
portable operation too.

Some time ago, a few our more tropical/high humidity users noted that 
the external case crews could rust in their environment. We queried a 
large number of our customers at that time and few saw this happen in 
normal operation, so we thought it was an infrequent event.  To cover 
the extreme cases, we located stainless steel hardware and then had it 
custom coated by the manufacturer to match our black cases. That's what 
added the additional cost above what Jack quoted.

We'll certainly look into this some more for the regular products as we 
do not want this to be an issue.

73, Eric  WA6HHQ
Elecraft moderator, among m other duties.
(Must be a slow DX day today! ;-)

www.elecraft.com
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On 10/19/2010 10:21 AM, Giulio IW3HVB wrote:
> I'm waiting for the "End of Thread" msg by Wayne....
>