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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
>
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