[1000mp] Failed FP-29 Power Supply

[Harold Mandel]

When your house gets hit by lightning and you have a homeowner
policy the provision in your fire policy should cover lightning damage.

If the radio was off and the power supply on, it seems that a spike
might have entered through the a.c. wiring or through the RF frame
and then went through the radio frame to the power supply and then
to the a.c. electrical ground.

Either way, Rich, you still spent thousands on the radio and
a hundred in shipping to determine if there's collateral damage
is but a fraction.

Hal

-----Original Message-----
From: 1000mp-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:1000mp-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Richard Thorne
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 3:13 PM
To: All about Yaesu 1000mp
Subject: Re: [1000mp] Failed FP-29 Power Supply

Pete/Harold:

Thanks for the replies.

I feel that the damage took place due to the wind/snow static through 
the antenna system.  Or maybe it came through via the mains, but I don't 
think that is likely.

The more I think about it I probably should send both the rig and supply 
back.  At the time I heard the pop the rig was actually off, but the 
supply was on. 

Hopefully this won't be an expensive repair, if it is I'm hopeful that 
my home owners policy will come through on this one. A quick call to my 
agent confirmed a $500 deductable.  However, we are talking about 
insurance companies so I'm hesitant here.

Rich - N5ZC


Richard Thorne wrote:
> I believe I have a bad FP-29 power supply.  I was using my Mark V 200 
> watt rig last night, heard a pop that sounded like it came from the 
> supply and the rig went off.
>
> When I turn the supply on and off the LED comes on bright but quickly 
> dims, and the rig will not turn on.
>
> I put my volt meter across the output of the supply I get zip.
>
> When this happened my rig was connected to the antenna, the wind was 
> howling as well as snowing.  Is there any chance I took a hit via the 
> antenna that some how took out the supply?
>
> My question is should I send the rig in along with the supply or just 
> the supply?  It sure would save on shipping if I did not have to send 
> the rig in.
>
> Rich - N5ZC
>
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