[Icom] Icom 2000 Molex Connector

Sun, 04 Apr 2004 00:25:13 +0000

Icom's inclusion of fusing on both power leads is
of fairly recent vintage (15 years or so).  The
Icom gear I had during 70s and early 80s had
only the positive lead fused.

Some 15-20 years ago, I sold my wife's IC-25H to
a friend.  Somehow, his car wiring lost its ground.
He had the mike hung on a hanger that was
grounded.  The car tried to get its ground through
the ground on the mike.  Needless to say, melted
mike was the result.

Just as a note, I have been using Icom gear
since 1972.  My IC-21 was the second Icom in
Oklahoma.  A friend, now SK, had the first, an
IC-20 about two weeks before me.  In all, I
own or have owned close to 35 Icom rigs
including Marine and FRS.

73  ---  Mac, K2GKK/5

----Original Message Follows----
From: Michael Drum <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Icom] Icom 2000 Molex Connector
Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 09:28:09 -0500

Hi Gang,

Concerning the power cables used on Icom
and other ham radio gear, can someone
explain what the purpose is to have a dual
fused line?

Since I will be making my own power cable
shortly, I am trying to decide if I should
replicate the fuse on each wire, or just go
with one inline fuse.

A big thank you to Dick Flanagan and Gary Fiber
for their help with my Molex connector issue.

I have two connectors on order now so I can
make my own cable.

Great list!!

Thanks guys.

Mike, N2QAC

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