[AMRadio] Today's AC Mains voltage too high for many BA Rigs

[John E. Coleman]

	I don't know if I have ever seen one of these Elgar line
conditioners but they sound cool.  I bet they are real heavy though.  If
you ship them Ed, be sure the other guy pays the freight. HIHI I wonder
how they get the sine wave as clean as you say there must be some
resonate filters that add more weight.  I would like to have one but how
would I get it here to south Texas.  Seriously Ed, send a picture if you
have one, of what one looks like so I can keep an eye out for one down
here some where.

EMAIL: mailto:colemanj at sbcglobal.net 

TNX John, WA5BXO
  

-----Original Message-----
From: amradio-admin at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:amradio-admin at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of AA8TV at aol.com
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 10:58 PM
To: amradio at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Today's AC Mains voltage too high for many BA
Rigs

For what it's worth..

I have four Elgar line conditioners. Two that work perfectly, and two
for 
parts units. They are the 6000B series. I didn't pay more than $35 for
any of 
the units. The will input 105-125vac and output 110-120vac (user
adjustable) 
with better than .025% regulation, line or load, with less than .1% 
distortion. They will react to incoming transients, and fix it, within
20 
microseconds! You can supply it absolute garbage, and it will output a
pure, 
regulated sine wave, at up to 10 amps continuous. All my boatanchors see
a 
steady110vac regardless of the line fluctuations. I have also seen as
much as 
130vac here. I'm convinced the power companies are doing this
deliberately to 
generate more revenue.  After using these conditioners (since the mid
70's) I 
wouldn't even consider plugging my precious old rigs directly into the
line, 
unprotected. You wouldn't believe how stable the vfo looks on a DX-100
when 
the line voltage doesn't vary more than 30mv!!

(The published input range is 95-115, 105-125, or 115-135 user
selectable, 
but they will actually handle 95-135vac on the middle setting if you're
less 
than the 10amps max load)


73, Ed
AA8TV

Lakewood, Ohio
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