[Milsurplus] Military AC line connectors - hot & neutral pins?

[Nick England]

Oh yeah, I did find a 1997 mil-spec for the smaller/newer MS3102A-10SL-3P
which has C as hot, B ground, A neutral.


Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com


On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 2:46 PM Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have equipment with two sizes of military connectors for the power line
> cord
> MS3102A-14S-7P
> MS3102A-16S-5P
> Pin B on both is ground on 99% of the gear.
> (Some early TMC gear has 16S-5P pin C as ground!)
>
> So which is the hot (black) and neutral (white) line connection?
> All the Navy gear I have has both sides switched and both sides fused so
> there is no difference.
> Do you have any gear with only one side fused? I assume that will be in
> the hot lead. I have one piece of NSA gear with only one fuse which is in
> the Pin A line (14S-7P connector).
>
> Opinions backed by experience or documents are welcome!
>
> I want to make sure all my power cords are wired up the same way and
> interchangeable so I don't make a sparky mistake some time (I have already
> modified those early TMC pieces).
>
> Nick England K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com
>
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