[GreenKeys] tail end of my TD (hmmmm)

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

This happened back 15 or maybe even 20 years ago, when Hubbel and some of 
the other manufacturers shifted to the white or yellow thin walled plastic 
shells.  The newer 2-pole twist-lock connector that should fit the BC-610 
won't.  And unfortunately, because of the thin-wall design you can't just chuck 
it in your lathe and make it fit.  I have never seen any explanation of why 
they did this.  Or why they didn't at least assign different numbers to the 
newer non-compatible parts.  My suspicion is that it's a "metric" thing.  
Because 1.17 to 1.19 is 30 mm +/- about 1/2 mm.

I used to troll the garage sales looking in boxes underneath the benches 
for old electrical parts.  I had discovered that the internal parts in the two 
or three different ampere rated connectors of each general style were the 
same - only the holes in the external face were different.  And those you 
could modify.  But in the past five or more years, I haven't found anything.

Robert D.

In a message dated 11/28/2012 16:25:38 PM Central Standard Time, 
Til128 at aol.com writes: 
> I might have made an error on the hubble connector!
>  
> I measured the one on my TT equipment.
>  
> The male measures 1.156 in the hole on the equipment..
>  
> If you look on the .pdf, the measurements are between 1.170" and 1.190" 
> for the female.
>  
> They must have changed specs over the years.......
>  
> Sorry!!
>  
> TT
> 
> 

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480
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