[Amps] Looking for picture of SB220 interlock switch

[Carl]

That "safety" device can easily destroy your PS and I always disable/remove 
them and add a warning label.

If you are that worried about safety then add a cover switch to disable the 
AC line as many other amps do.  Very simple and inexpensive.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geert Jan de Groot" <pe1hzg at xs4all.nl>
To: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 4:07 AM
Subject: [Amps] Looking for picture of SB220 interlock switch


>
> I'm preparing to start on an SB220 renovation project:
> replace capacitors, update diode board, etc
>
> The previous owner has disbled the safely interlock by
> bending the brass strip away and removing the
> "tapped phenolic spacer". I'd like to restore them.
>
> I'm not sure what, and why, the machanical and electrical
> parameters are of the spacer as I'll need to find something else.
> I'd expected it to be a metal thing but according to the manual
> it isn't.
>
> Does someone have a detailed picture of the interlock in place?
> Why is it an isolator? What are the mechanical stresses on the spacer?
>
> 73,
>
> Geert Jan
>
> PS: I know the interlock doesn't make it safe, but 'safer'
> and that's still a good thing IMHO
>
>
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