[MRCG] 800Hz AC Power for Navy Radios

[Lynn]

Mark and Group:
Have you considered a twist-lock AC connector from Hubbell?

Catalog link: http://ecatalog.hubbell-wiring.com/ProductInformation/ViewCatalog.aspx?Dest=hubbell-wiring.com/press/catalog/b.pdf

It wouldn't be hard to choose one that doesn't match with one used for standard 60 Hz 125/250 VAC service. Plus they are usually available at Graybar Electric and other distributors.

Lynn O'Connell KG6DNY

--- On Fri, 5/10/13, Mark J. Blair <nf6x at nf6x.net> wrote:

> From: Mark J. Blair <nf6x at nf6x.net>
> Subject: [MRCG] 800Hz AC Power for Navy Radios
> To: "West Coast Military Radio Collectors Group" <mrcg at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Friday, May 10, 2013, 2:05 PM
> I've ordered a 24VDC input, 120VAC 60
> Hz output inverter from Amazon. I will see if I can
> reverse-engineer it and modify it to make 800 Hz power for
> my new GP-7 transmitter. I chose 24V input over a cheaper
> 12V input unit because the GP-7 power draw would exceed my
> 12V supply's capacity. It should run OK from my PP-4763A
> supply, though.
> 
> Assuming I succeed in making it work, I plan to change out
> the AC power output connectors on the inverter. I don't want
> an ordinary line cord hanging off my GP-7, since plugging it
> into an ordinary wall outlet would probably burn it up.
> 
> Before I re-invent the wheel, do any of y'all already have a
> preferred connector for 120VAC 800Hz power sources?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
> http://www.nf6x.net/
> 
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