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Skywalker Power Pin Peninsula Slots & Connector Box
Power Pin Peninsula Slots
ImplementedonallSkywalkercontrolssimi-
larto whatwasdone on theYodacontrols.
The peninsula slots open like an “arc track-
ingfuse”tostoparctrackingacvityonthe
board instead of relying on the tradional
TCO.Tesngshowsthatthepowertraceor
peninsula burns open very consistently and
reliably when tracking occurs at the power
connector,orwhenitoriginatesinthepower
&relaycircuitsabove/aroundthepowercon-
nector.Withthepowerpinonthepeninsula,
thepeninsulaburnsopen,andseparatesthe
incomingpowerpinfromtherestofthePC
board. The benet of this design is that it
eliminates the nuisance tripping associated
withbimetalsandTCO’s.Thesepeninsulaslots
should“only”openwhentheboardhasbeen
arctrackingandburnedaholeinthepeninsula.
Skywalker Power Pin
Peninsula Slots (P4)
Connector Box with Flame-rated Foam Gasket
(W10369575)
Add connector box with foam gasket to all
Skywalker and Yoda applicaons using the
PowerPinPeninsulas.Theconnectorboxisa
smallcoverthatsnapsontothehousingand
connector brace of the control and covers
theporonoftheRAST5powerconnectors
that is not already enclosed by the housing
andconnectorbrace.Theconnectorboxand
ame-rated foam gasket is used to contain
any superheated material from leaving the
boardandfallingontheoor.Theconnector
boxalsohelpsassurethattheRAST5power
connectors are fully seated. The connector
box and connector brace are crical
elementsofthecontrolenclosure(ormore
specically its mang harness connectors);
soservicekitsarebeingcreatedforallthe
controls that include a spare sample of
the connector brace and connector box,
to make sure the originals are never lost
during service and they obviously need to
be reinstalledwith the control is replaced.
Connector Box with Flame
Retardant Foam Gasket
W10369575
Clean Up Updates
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