[Elecraft] (fwd) Re: KPA500 Fan Power Connector issue

[Tighe Kuykendall]

I built my KPA500 a couple of weeks ago.  I also had the long pins but 
didn't find anything about trimming them when I searched.  I just went 
ahead and pushed the connector down onto the pins as far as it would go 
and left it, so I have some exposed pin between the bottom of the 
connector and the board.

I'm wondering if I should take it apart and trim them?  Curious if 
there's any potential issue with leaving it as-is.  It works just fine, 
at least right now...

Tighe
NK4I


On 3/12/13 8:53 AM, AG0N-3055 wrote:
> Had to forward this again due to the stupid reply to that assigned on
> this list.  :o(
>
>
> On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:50:54 -0600, Gary McDuffie <mcduffie at actcom.net>
> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:12:45 -0700 (PDT), k2np wrote:
>
>> I had the exact same issue. It looks like pins in the manual are probably
>> shorter than they are in the latest kits.  I put it on 2/3rds of the way and
>> it seemed to 'latch' in place. I finished assembling the kit and the fan was
>> working so I figured that was good enough.
> Same on my kit I built recently.  I corresponded with Elecraft and sent
> a picture of the length and how far the plug was lacking of being fully
> inserted and was told to cut off the pins.  Just make sure you have a
> good penetration of the female socket on the wire when you insert it.
> Cut off excess and be done with it.  I have pix if you want to see how
> long mine was.  Look back in the archives and I think you'll find my
> posting that tells how much too long it was.  The pins are very long
> coming out of the board.
>
> Gary