(This is from a draft to my QST article, and the diagram needs a fixed-width
font to make any sense...)
The triangular end of the connector
is the positive end, and the receptacle with female pins, is on the cable
connected to the power source (battery, power supply, cigarette lighter plug).
(The receptacle is the connector that fits inside the plug, and has the pins
closely surrounded by plastic; the plug is more of a shell, with the two pins
exposed inside.)
______ _____
| ||----/\ /\ \____
| |/___/ \ / \____|___\
| | | _ | | __| | |
RED + ====[FUSE]=====| | |(_)| |(__| | |========== RED +
| | | _ | | __| | |
BLK - ===============| | |(_)| |(__| | |========== BLK -
| | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+ +---+---+---+
Power Source Female pins Male pins Load
Receptacle Plug
/mike
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