A "Glow" Hint

[Bob Pastorello]

Thought I'd share something borne of frustration at the field.  The twist lock glo connector that didn't.  Of course, I had no spare CONNECTOR, and the Radio South Pro Driver worked flawlessly, as it holds it's charge a LONG time...but... a bad connector renders the best glow driver useless.
    So - friend Ray Morton sent me a pic of his RS driver that he had modified with banana jacks on the case, and put banana plugs on the glow connector.  My experience with banana plug setups is they loosen, and slide OUT when you need them IN.  So I needed a different solution.
    Off to Radio Shack - found some very inexpensive "barrel" wire connectors.  Male/Female in a package for $2 that did a battery end, the RS Driver, and THREE glow connectors.  They aren't designed for a high number of disconnects, as they would wear pretty fast.  But - I won't be unplugging unless disaster strikes - then I won't care.
    Works just fine...and I now have inexpensive redundancy that lets me use the RS Driver primarily.  THAT has it's advantages.

Just thought I'd share the tip.

Bob Pastorello, Oklahoma
NSRCA 199, AMA 46373
rcaerobob at cox.net
www.rcaerobats.net

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