[Amps] which HV connector to use?

Bill, W6WRT dezrat1242 at yahoo.com
Wed Jan 13 13:19:56 PST 2010


ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:55:50 EST, texasrf at aol.com wrote:

> 
>I can't see a banana plug arrangement being any safer unless there is some  
>type of locking device to prevent accidentally unplugging the cable.

REPLY:

The best approach is to use a connector ONLY at the power supply end of the HV
wire. The amplifier end should be hard-wired with no connector and a good strain
relief. That way, if the wire breaks off the connector, no HV is exposed.

73, Bill W6WRT


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