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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

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