[time-nuts] Slightly OT -- Terminal Strip Covers?

[Jim Palfreyman]

I only know about the ones Don showed. What are the other ones people are
talking about?

On Thursday, 29 December 2011, Don Latham <djl at montana.com> wrote:
>
> They're here:
>
>
http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/TB-35/35A-12-POSITION-TERMINAL-BLOCK/1.html
>
> Don Latham
>> I use "european" style terminal strips-all electronics or MPJA, I don't
>> remember- not expensive at all and completely covered...
>> Don
>>
>> Steve .
>>> When terminal strips don't have snap on safety guards I remove half
>>> the
>>> mounting screws and replace with nylon standoffs, (most strips i use
>>> have
>>> four screw mounts, keep two metals screws for mechanical stability,
>>> the
>>> other two are nylon stand off.. Obviously you want a metal screw on
>>> either
>>> side, just as with the nylon standoffs)
>>>
>>> Then i cut a piece of plexiglass to length and width then fasten above
>>> the
>>> screw terminals.
>>>
>>> I prefer this method over the snap on covers but if a strip already
>>> has
>>> the
>>> cover I'm probably not going to run the extra mile and make my own.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Frederick Bray
>>> <fwbray at mminternet.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is slightly OT, but what are people using to protect the line
>>>> inputs
>>>> on barrier terminal strips on power supplies often used to power
>>>> Thunderbolts and FE-5680A's?
>>>>
>>>> On things like the "Mean Well" and similar supplies the AC line
>>>> terminals
>>>> are not fully enclosed.  I happened to have an enclosure that fit one
>>>> supply, but I have a couple others that I don't have enclosures for.
>>>> I
>>>> would feel a lot more comfortable knowing that it wasn't possible to
>>>> come
>>>> in contact with these terminals accidentally.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>>>>
>>>> Fred Bray
>>>> W6WAW
>>>>
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>> R. Bacon
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>> Dr. Don Latham AJ7LL
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> --
> "Neither the voice of authority nor the weight of reason and argument
> are as significant as experiment, for thence comes quiet to the mind."
> R. Bacon
> "If you don't know what it is, don't poke it."
> Ghost in the Shell
>
>
> Dr. Don Latham AJ7LL
> Six Mile Systems LLP
> 17850 Six Mile Road
> POB 134
> Huson, MT, 59846
> VOX 406-626-4304
> www.lightningforensics.com
> www.sixmilesystems.com
>
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