[ARC5] BC-453 Current Draw

[Dennis Monticelli]

FYI.  Folks who supply data should note if their set has been re-cap'd.
The caps can have considerable leakage, yet the sets will still operate.
The supply drain numbers can be inflated at the higher voltages if there
are leaky caps present.

Dennis AE6C

On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Bill Cromwell <wrcromwell at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Phillip,
>
> Do you have an example of any of the command receivers? Some of them that
> are listed on eBay seem a little high priced but sometimes if you express a
> desire for one you can shake one out of the bushes on this list often at
> more modest prices. Those will be receivers that have already been
> modified. The guys who want radios that are all original and already have
> those original radios will more easily part with the "hacked" ones. They
> will probably need cleaning, some new caps, and some new resistors but are
> useable. You could run your own voltage/current measurements. I bought my
> 40 meter receiver from a list member already recapped and ready to rock n
> roll. The 80 meter radio came from another list member and cleaned up
> nicely. That one is wired for 12 volts on the heaters but the B+ is still
> the same.
>
> Meanwhile I have an 80 meter and a 40 meter command receiver that I can
> check. With the same tube lineup and similar circuitry I would be surprised
> if they are very much different. It will be a couple of days at least and
> probably into the weekend before I can do that. In addition, I can check
> the current draw at 135 and 180 volts (twenty 9-volt batteries) too, and
> there is no reason why I can't check them at 24 or 27 volts B+. 12 volts
> B+? Gosh - I even have a 6 volt lead-acid battery. I wonder...
>
> 73,
>
> Bill  KU8H
>
>
> On 01/20/2015 07:05 PM, Phillip Carpenter wrote:
>
>> Correction, data supplied so far was provided by Bill and Dennis.
>>
>> Phillip
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>
>>
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