[TowerTalk] Soldering and checking PL-259

[Floyd Sense]

Tom - what sort of high voltage source do you use for this testing?  I see a 
few hi-pot testers on ebay from time to time and wonder what would be 
adequate for testing vacuum caps and other things such as the connectors.

K8AC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji at contesting.com>
To: "Daniel Hileman" <n9wx_dan at yahoo.com>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 5:54 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Soldering and checking PL-259


>> First off, I want to thank everyone for all the great
>> suggestions and comments I've received with previous
>> questions. Ok, here's another for you. I'm getting
>> ready for various antenna projects and tower work this
>> Spring/Summer, I need to know what to look for a how
>> to check my soldering job on PL-259's
>
> The  way I check a PL259 is with traditional ohm reading and
> applying high voltage between the center pin and shield and
> check voltage breakdown. Any stray strands or deformed
> insulation shows up very well this way.
>
> Typically the PL259's I test break down at more than 6kV
> peak voltage by arcing across the pin to shell gap OUTSIDE
> the connector body. A typical N fails around 3kV, again with
> an external arc.
>
> 73 Tom
>
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