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

[Nick England]

And the R-390A Navy mod has 16S-5P connector with pin C hot, B ground, A
neutral.
So I am leaning to pin C hot for size 16 and size 10. Still only one data
point for size 14 and it says pin A hot.
Nick


On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 3:12 PM Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> One more data point - the CV-591A/URR has 16S-5P connector with pin C hot,
> B ground, A neutral.
>
>
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> 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
>>>
>> --
Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com
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