Mechanical reos will be seeing some upgrades

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darkzero

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Just checked tonight and no button deformation with brass feeler gauge pin and 10A fuse.
Noticed a tiny amount of juice between the pin and clear sheath so tore it down to investigate.
Appears I damaged the seal below the 510 connector.
Sent an email to Rob to ask if it is clear silicone or a pre made gasket as well as a couple of requests for parts and a new RM2 without the air hole.

It is my experience as an electrician of many years that heat builds up where there is a bad or loose connection that causes higher resistance.


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The AGA seal is pretty much identical to the silicone seal for the 510. I have a crap load of them & is what I use whenever I reuse the 510 post. When I reuse the 510 post, I pull it out take out the silicone gasket, toss it, install a new AGA seal in the REO, remove the white washer gasket (careful, it's very soft), clean it, install it back on the post flipped, then push the 510 post back in.
 

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The AGA seal is pretty much identical to the silicone seal for the 510. I have a crap load of them & is what I use whenever I reuse the 510 post. When I reuse the 510 post, I pull it out take out the silicone gasket, toss it, install a new AGA seal in the REO, remove the white washer gasket (careful, it's very soft), clean it, install it back on the post flipped, then push the 510 post back in.

Just ordered some seals and Teflon washers, but what I damaged looks like clear silicone below the 510 connector.
 

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The AGA seal is pretty much identical to the silicone seal for the 510. I have a crap load of them & is what I use whenever I reuse the 510 post. When I reuse the 510 post, I pull it out take out the silicone gasket, toss it, install a new AGA seal in the REO, remove the white washer gasket (careful, it's very soft), clean it, install it back on the post flipped, then push the 510 post back in.

where can you buy spare aga gaskets?
 
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