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On Apr 2, 2007, at 12:12 AM, Dale Rogers wrote:
Bulent Aliev wrote:
crimp connector splice that was done by my electronics engineer neighbor, totally loose. The metal part inside was blue from heat (created from the sparking I guess?). So I had it fixed. The noise is gone and me and my flight captain are happy.
Hi All,
Arcing should be black pits, not a blued pin or socket. When a
connector is loose, it only makes contact on a very small portion of
the available contact surface, forcing all the current to go through
a very small point-of-contact. This is the same as trying to push 20
Amps through a #18 wire. It is called a high resistance connection.
What happens when current is pushed through an resistive object?
Heat is generated. Enough to turn the pin blue.
Dale R
COZY MkIV #1254
Dale, if there is no spark, what generated the radio noise?
Buly
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