[Johnson] Ranger relay socket

[Roy Morgan]

At 02:32 PM 1/9/04 -0800, you wrote:
>Don't know how it could be dangerous. If it is, can you explain (serously).

Dave,

(The ceramic can crack and let the line side of the power contact the chassis.)

For it to be dangerous to you:
Just pull the connector a little way out of the socket and put your finger 
in there.  If you do this while reaching around behind the transmitter and 
can't see what you are doing well you are pretty much guaranteed good 
contact with the case. ZAPPP!
Or let a bit of that lovely half inch braid you use to ground the 
transmitter with contact the hot pin.
Or be working back there with a screwdriver and have it contact the screw 
on those little Plexiglas gadgets that accept a wire or FT-243 crystal and 
plug into the HC-6 type socket.

Also, the thing is two wires only, and so your relay gets no safety 
ground.  (yes, a coax relay is normally grounded to the transmitter via the 
coax, but you may well use that connector to power some other kind of relay.)

I think that we could make up a small minibox to mount over the existing 
socket that would have a safe grounded connector on it.  A no-holes fix for 
the danger.

Roy


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