[TenTec] Herc II power connector troubles

[d.e.warnick at comcast.net]

I have 2 Herc II with never a problem (knock on wood). It does pay to clean occasionally using only a trace of Deoxit. If the connections are not tight, you can try to bend them together, but for the cost of the contacts, a replacement is easy 



Dave 

WA3F 



Not sure why anybody would hook up the night before a contest. Oh, yeah, I finally ran 240 Volts to the shack yesterday and did the same thing. The secret is to hold your breath till everything's working 

Good luck with yours 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allan Taylor" <k7gt.cw at gmail.com> 
To: tentec at contesting.com 
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 2:49:50 PM 
Subject: [TenTec] Herc II power connector troubles 

My TT station has been stacked in a corner for a while. I just put it 
together yesterday before the DX test. The Herc II came up 
without all four sectors of the power supply cable/connector mated. I 
played with it, got it to work with a stick holding up the 
cable from the 9420 ''just so...''. As I will be opening up the Herc 
II after the contest to fix things, I wonder if there is a history of 
issues with this connector? It 'floats' somewhat in the back panel. I 
am hoping a judicious resolder job will fix things up. 
Any comments/experience?? 

-- 
73     Allan    K7GT 
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