Those who say something is impossible should stay out of the way of those doing it. LOL Want me to send you a photo of one of my '84s? There was never a female connector for the middle pin. The stabilizer ends up looking a bit like a Hawaiian good luck sign. ;) My '85, on the other hand, uses all three. Mike Houlton, Maine
Mike S wrote: > At 01:00 PM 3/24/2008, Mike Collum wrote... >> The voltage stabilizers on all three of my '84 models only use the outer >> pins. The middle pin is in the air (no female connector). All three >> have always been that way and work fine. > > The middle pin is internally connected to the tab, which should be > grounded to the printed circuit foil. Guaranteed, it won't work > correctly if it doesn't have 3 connections. > |
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