[Johnson] Power Cord Upgrade

Thu, 15 May 2003 00:04:45 -0400

One thing to make sure of is that the conductor in the house outlet
that goes to the wider of the two slots is actually the neutral (at or
close to ground) and the narrow slot is the hot lead.

After you put in the adapter mentioned in the last post, get one of
those little AC polarity checkers from Radio Shack and make sure
ground, neutral, and hot are what they are supposed to be.

The adapter will be correct in either the upper or lower outlet but
NOT both.

And the center screw may not be connected to a ground. In which case
you have to get the ground from elsewhere to make the test.

Careful, and 73, Guy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "kwylow zinjanthropus" <[email protected]>
To: "Ed Purvis" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Johnson] Power Cord Upgrade

> If you have to: use a 3 wire adaptor for the outlet and ground that
third tab to the faceplate mounting screw of the outlet. FWIW. Cal,
N6KYR.
>
> Ed Purvis <[email protected]> wrote:
> Need a little direction. I changed a bad power
> cord on a Valiant II for an old ham. We went with
> the 3 wire and a chassis fuse. But, his house wir-
> ing in the shack is still 2 wire. What else needs
> to be done?
> tnx es 73,
> Ed Purvis
> Bradenton, Fl
>
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