--- In ham_amplifiers@..., "Mike Sawyer" <w3slk@...>
wrote:
Let me correct this:
Jim said: This is my "external cap box". I used Millen Red/ Black
HV
connector's on it. IF using the Millen's.... either use
nylon mounting screws or mount em on Micarta. Both Kings and
ROWE make better HV connector's imo.
Where can one find the Kings or Rowe connectors?
#### Try a google on kings or rowe. SSON has some.... so
does Jerry Thompson at Economy electronics... in Loanoke Ark.
He has a website too. ..think it's Economyelectronics.com
The only thing I have in my junk box are the Millen Red and the
brown phenolic. I understand the brown ones *aren't* very good.
## They are not. Only use the red/black ones.
However, my local parts jobber confided in me that the Millen
connectors were supposedly rated for 4500 VDC.
### Millen rates em at 7 kv. U HAVE to mount em from the
inside to use em at high V. Mount em on the outside.... and
I had one arc to the chassis once... and another arc to the
machine screw holding the millen down.
## Trbl with mounting em on the inside is... with 1/8" thick
panels I use... the mating screw on connector will butt up
against the panel 1st.
## If u mounted em on insulating material... they would never
arc.
### If the RF deck/HV supply is all in one box.... don't mess
with connectors... just hardwire everything with sta-kons
[solder em, as well as crimp em] on each end.. and heat shrink.
### Millens are fine up to 5 kv. For the 5-10 kv stuff....
I'm going to go to a better connector.
Later..........Jim VE7RF
Mod-U-Lator,
Mike(y)
W3SLK
