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From: "k7rdx" <k7rdx@charter.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 8:34 PM
To: "Jim Thomson" <Jim.thom@telus.net>; <Amps@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] Millen red /black HV connector's.
> Jim..IT`S NOT IF INSIDE OR OUT MOUNTING!IT`S how you prep the hole!Punch
> the hole large enough so the screw cap fits inside the hole itself...This
> barely leaves enough metal for the two small screws but it works..Finish
> the hole with fine emory paper and then polish with a decent metal
> polish..Clean the residue from the metal and mount the Millen connector
> with non-metallic screws...I run 6.4kv on my YC-156 and the hv is turned
> on for several hrs at a time with no surprises..There`s lot`s of ways to
> get hv into the deck and I`m sure everyone has their own favorite way..
> Take care all..Jim..K7RDX..
### sure, that will work... BUT, if I have it correct, you end up with one
heck of
a large hole in the rear apron.... plus you still require NON-METALLIC
screws
[like nylon, etc]. In my case, the +6900 vdc arced to the threads of the
SS machine screws. [Female 1/2 of millen, mounted on inside]. If nylon
screws are used
instead, then nothing to arc to.... which is what I ended up doing. Only
thing left to arc
to would be the bare AL rear wall... [ from the inside]. Even that can be
solved, simply by
installing a small, thin, rectangular sheet of Teflon sheeting [ with a hole
in the center]...1ST,
then the female millen. The entire mess installed on the inside. Then
the B+ would have to jump
2" to reach bare metal al rear wall.
## I was fortunate our local plastic shop had loads of scrap Teflon
sheeting.. aprx 1/32" thick.
## I still think it's a Fubar designed HV connector.
later... Jim VE7RF
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