I've heard that a lot of times, since I have a packet station running 24/7, my power supply never shuts off but I know many who've plugged them in to power strips, just never shut them off, because of switch problems. It happens. ----- Original Message ----- From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 12:05 AM Subject: Re: another astron power supply story > yeh, just jumper around the switch or just splice the wires right around > the > switch...it'll go forever that way until something else more important > blows > hi. > I never use the switch here...PS stays on all the time. > 73 > Colin, V A6BKX > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 7:30 PM > Subject: Re: another astron power supply story > > >> Lou, >> >> I remember reading something like this a number of years ago. The guy >> who had the problem claimed it was related to the fact that it is a >> lighted switch, but who knows. >> >> Nice to have a spare supply on hand. >> >> 73, Steve KW3A >> >> On 3/7/2011 8:58 PM, Lou Kolb wrote: >>> As long as we're discussing power supply issues, i've just had an >>> experience >>> I never expected. My RM-35 from Astron failed and, oddly, the problem >>> seemed to be in the switch. You'd think it would be somewhere farther >>> along >>> in the circuit. I was on cw and started to hear an odd sound every time >>> the >>> transmitter in the k3 keyed. Like an arcing but different in that it >>> wasn't >>> a snappy sound. At first, I thought it was the rig but then the >>> transformer >>> in the supply started to jump occasionally, as it does when you first >>> turn >>> the supply on. When I started to smell smoke right after that, I >>> hastily >>> signed and reached up to turn off the supply but the switch wouldn't >>> throw. >>> it moved a bit but was actually fused in place. Later, when I came back >>> down to the shack it had cooled down and was very firmly fused in place. >>> I >>> had another, older Astron on the shelf so I hooked it up and was back on >>> the >>> air the next night. I haven't taken the cover off of the stricken >>> supply >>> yet but it oughta be interesting. It's not a complicated device so I >>> expect >>> to be able to fix it. Anyone else have a similar experience? Lou >>> WA3MIX >>>