Shorting Accy Pins MTS2000

[gatekeep]

Heres the story, I managed to destroy the accy connector cover on my MTS (no other damage thank god), what bad things could occur from leaving the pins uncovered (i.e. shorting, etc)?

[Will]

Static discharge can mess with the radios programming, shorting as you mentioned. Even moisture accross the pins can do funny things.

[gatekeep]

How about destroying the radio, I mean is it possible?

[mr.syntrx]

Probably not, unless you manage to somehow apply significant voltage to the pins, or short certain pins out.

[txshooter]

This is a item that most fleet radios tend to loose very quickly. In litrely thouands of radios I have seen just a couple problems and all but one of these were intentional damage caused by the end user.


But go ahead and buy another one. They are cheap and readily available.

[High_order1]

Yeah,


especially in end users that intermittently use shoulder mikes, you see a lot of radios with the "cover delete" option.

I haven't heard of any anecdotal evidence that leaving the cover off is bad, but if you can find a cover, I personally would use it.


-Shawn