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

[Nick England]

One more data point - the CV-591A/URR has 16S-5P connector with pin C hot,
B ground, A neutral.



On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 2:55 PM Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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