7 Jan
2004
7 Jan
'04
2:29 p.m.
On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 08:11:21PM -0000, Witchy wrote:
There's one of two harnesses under the air diverter in the drive-bay area...
The old ones have press-to-fit contacts and the body of the connectors are
made from an amber resin. The newer ones are crimp-ons and are in a white
nylon-like shell. The older ones can't take the current the uVAX draws,
and begin to oxidize. Oxidation causes resistance which causes heat...
You _will_ want to replace that harness if it's the older type. It's a
fire hazard. This goes for _all_ BA-23 cabs, BTW, not just uVAX-Is.
Those are just the right era, thus, a concern.
-ethan
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another one
that they did pay $17,000 to upgrade to a uVAX-II. Both of
these have had the older, defective wiring harnesses replaced, one after
stinking up the manufacturing area. It was quite charred when removed.
What was defective about them? Having said that apparently this one was in
use until retired a year or so ago. It says 'MicroVAX I' on the front but
given that it's coming with a Tek screen I'm wondering if it's actually a
VAXstation I....Hmm.....I'll find out next week :)