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OT - Astron RS-20A Issue

k0wa@swbell.net
Ladies and Gents....

I repaired an RS-20A recently.  The balancing resistors from the pass transistors had burned up because someone put a 15 amp fuse on the primary side with a load more that 16 to 20 amp on the 13.8 volt side.

Not ever done this before, I made sure the 723 was set at 13.8 volts and then used a 12 volt light as a load.  She regulated quite well.  

But now, the regulation voltage has increase to 15.5 volts.  This happened over a 24 hour period.  This does not seem right to me...and I wonder what some of you thing about this.


Lee - K0WA



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Re: OT - Astron RS-20A Issue

John Young-11
Lee
   Was the rise to 15.5 with or without a load?  How much load were you using?

73 John
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ETC USN retired

On 8/26/07, Lee Buller <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Ladies and Gents....
>
> I repaired an RS-20A recently.  The balancing resistors from the pass transistors had burned up because someone put a 15 amp fuse on the primary side with a load more that 16 to 20 amp on the 13.8 volt side.
>
> Not ever done this before, I made sure the 723 was set at 13.8 volts and then used a 12 volt light as a load.  She regulated quite well.
>
> But now, the regulation voltage has increase to 15.5 volts.  This happened over a 24 hour period.  This does not seem right to me...and I wonder what some of you thing about this.
>
>
> Lee - K0WA
>
>
>
> In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply.  If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it.  If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense.  Is Common Sense divine?
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