[R-390] Mechanical Filter - Cracked Glass Seal

[Jon Schlegel]

Thanks everyone for all of your suggestions for glass bead 
repair.  Not sure what I'll use yet but at least it will be fixed 
before the modules went through the big wash'em up 
procedure.  Otherwise it would have been possible for water to get 
inside and I would have never known it.  Thanks again.

Jon

At 04:39 PM 1/2/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I discovered that one of my mechanical filter input terminals on has 
>a cracked glass seal.  It's very subtle and exhibits only the 
>slightest of motion.  The post is bent and no doubt is the cause of 
>the damage.  I need to do a complete check but believe the filter to 
>be electrically ok.
>
>My thought for repair is simply to build up around the post with 
>some generic two part epoxy and then designate that terminal as 
>"ground", not really knowing what hi Z properties epoxy from the 
>hardware store might have.
>
>Any thoughts on what might make a better repair than glopping on 
>some hardware store epoxy?
>
>
>Regards,
>Jon,  WA3MVM
>
>
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