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

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Tighe, there should be no problem with leaving them as they are. That's just
a power connection to the fans, and as long as everything fit physically
leaving a little pin exposed is fine. 

Several people reported  this situation on the reflector some time ago.
Apparently some boards were fabricated with slightly over-length pins. 

73 Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tighe Kuykendall
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 11:54 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] (fwd) Re: KPA500 Fan Power Connector issue

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

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