I have only a cursory experience with electronics hardware, so feel free to tell me I'm clueless. Would it be possible to hardwire the connection using thicker wire to remove any wiggle room from the connections? I seem to remember that would lower resistance, but would that matter?
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I think this is what I¡¯m going to do. Just solder the leads straight on.
My units are from 25-30 years ago. And NOW I¡¯m getting ready to repair a couple.
Of course, the temptation is to ¡°restore¡± it because ¡°someday I might want that to plug-in¡±. After all ¡°if it was good enough for the factory¡±, but, like you said, it was for the exigencies of assembly, not end-user advantages.
But I can¡¯t think of an overriding reason to have a disconnect there. And I can think of several reasons to have hard-soldered leads ¨C a proven technique of reliability for many years.
L.
I've had severe cases where heat from the pins has melted the connector. When that happens, I completely remove P1 and solder the transformer leads directly to the board. This also eliminates the original problem, but requires a bit more work than the fix above. The connector was for ease of assembly in the factory, anyway, so there's nothing lost by removing it.
Hope this helps someone!
Regards,
Brian
