re.: [Elecraft] Switching Supplies

[Mike Scott]

>I also have an Astron RS35 and RS50 linear 
supplies.  Sometimes the magnetic hum from them drives me crazy.  The little

cork pads Astron puts in them to alleviate this
does not help much. I keep them under the closed console on the floor.
                      Mike  WA8EBM
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I have my RS 35M on the floor also. I shorted it out once momentarily an
exciting moment. The problem is that the transistor cases that you see
sticking out of the back on the heat shield are at V+ level. If something
like a ground braid (this was my case) touches the transistors or the 12V
output terminal you have a short. 

I ended up finding a cardboard box and cut the top and front off and most of
the sides off. What is left is a cardboard "back shield" with lots of
ventilation to prevent accidental connections to the wire maze I have down
there on the floor.

Mike Scott - AE6WA
Tarzana, CA (DM04 / near LA)
K3-100 #508/ KX1  #1311