Witha ll the people I know that use astron supplies, have shorted them and
they still work, I'd say you were unlucky, only problem anyone I know has is
on some of the real old ones from the 80s, the on/off switch went bad but
they usually either have them plugged in to a serge protector strip like I
do and use the switch on that, which I don't, or they leave them on all the
time as I do.  My switch is good though last I checked I just leave mine on
all the time for my always on packet station though I had it all off when
they were working on the house a couple weeks ago.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 12:36 AM
Subject: Re: accessible VHF equipment


> Either you've been lucky, or I've been unlucky, but I haven't had good
> luck
> with these supplies, although I still have two of them in service.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
> At 04:14 PM 1/8/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>>I don't know if i've just benen lucky or what, but I ran a 35 amp astron
>>on my work bench for years and quite often accidentally shorted it out and
>>never had a problem.  They do tend to run a little warm if the scr fires
>>and the supply is left on.  The scr which is their over voltage circuit
>>will stay shorted untill power is removed.  I ust to have this problem
>>occassionally on a regincy repeater I serviced.  It was on top of a grain
>>elevator and once in a while the customer would call and say repeater was
>>down.  First thing I'd tell them to try is turn off the breaker, wait a
>>few seconds and turn it back on.  Often that did the trick as lightning
>>and power bumps would often trip the things.
>>73s
>>Butch Bussen
>>wa0vjr
>
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