[TMC] AC power connector name?

manualman at juno.com manualman at juno.com
Tue Apr 29 15:30:57 EDT 2014


Your local Home Depot, Lowe's, and electrical supply houses carry a
variety of Hubbell (and others) twist-locks. If you feel lucky today,
search ebay for Hubbell twist-locks. Right now there are 2350 listings
for new various twist-locks.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:19:13 -0400 John Poulton <jp at cs.unc.edu> writes:
> I probably missed some of the replies on this, but... Hubble still 
> makes
> both 2-wire and 3-wire (grounding center pin) 15A twist-lock 
> connectors.
> You can download the entire catalog of twist-locks from
> 
> http://www.hubbellcatalog.com/wiring/catalogpages/section-b.pdf
> 
> I've found the 3-wire versions I needed (to make cables for 
> PAL-500's) on
> ebay.  I *think* the modern 2-wire connectors are compatible with 
> the parts
> that TMC used in the early days before AC grounds were required.. it 
> would
> be good if someone would check the dimensions or part numbers to 
> make sure.
> 
> 73, John K4OZY
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 7:46 PM, Denis Sharon 
> <denissharon at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Eugene,
> >
> > I have a several of the small female cable mount Twist-Lock 
> connectors you
> > need for your A-1397. If you still need one, send me your address 
> and I’ll
> > send you one.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Denis Sharon W1AOK
> >
> > -----
> >
> > One's principles are important only when they are inconvenient.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Apr 27, 2014, at 17:13 , W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello folks, I have a TMC SBE-3 (A-1397) power supply that takes 
> a two
> > prong AC mains input. The prongs are round in shape and male. A 
> picture can
> > be seen here it is J401 (not the 14 pin mil connector on the left, 
> I have
> > that one).
> > >
> > > http://www.w2hx.com/x/TMC/SBE-3/PS-Connector.jpg
> > >
> > > I have seen these before, but I've never known what they are 
> called. If
> > you can tell me what they are called, I can google them and hunt 
> down a
> > female to then wire up to a standard AC plug.  Or maybe you have a 
> spare
> > female?!
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > 73 Eugene W2HX



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