Re: HP E3614A Power supply Annoying
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Based on images I'm finding online, they appear to be Phoenix Contact Combicon FFKDS or FFKDSA terminals.? I don't think you'll find a mating connector for direct connection as they're intended to be wire-to-board spring terminal blocks.? If you need to make frequent connections and disconnections, I'd suggest making up a short harness of flying leads to the free hanging connector of your choice, and plugging the flying leads firmly into the connectors on the PS and then making/breaking further connections at the free hanging connector. In my experience, those Combicons are pretty robust connectors that grip wires very well.? That being said, the springs are strong and they can be something of a PITA to actuate to insert the wires.? Their somewhat recessed location on the back of the power supply can't help that at all.? If you get the wires into them correctly, they should hold pretty tenaciously, but pushing the actuating lever while inserting the wire can leave you wishing for an extra appendage or two. -Pat On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 06:29 PM, RFI-EMI-GUY wrote: OK I have an HP E3614A 8V 6A? power supply for testing some portable radios. I use the remote sense because the application requires it. This requires using the plug in terminal strip on the rear which has some funky mechanical funkiness. Bottom line it is a PITA to insert wires in those terminal strips and expect them to be retained by whatever mechanical clap trap HP engineered into it. My theory is this is a Carley Fiorini legacy design and the engineers were sobbing or drinking medicinally as they wrapped up the mechanical design. It otherwise works fine but I dare not move the cables. |
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