[Elecraft] KPA500

[Gary Gregory]

Boring?......how about an Ole Drake L4B and you are enjoying a nice QSO when
the power supply Carbon Resistor decides it don't want to play the game
anymore...after my "Out Of Body Experience" I departed the room post
haste....needless to say my darling wife (VK4JLG) was seen rolling around
the ground outside crackin' up....sometimes there is NO justice or
compassion in this world by those who profess to love us dearly...Grin

I though SEAL Team 6 had attacked my shack.......


Dang!

Gary

On 6 September 2011 09:14, Guy Olinger K2AV <olinger at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Bruce Beford
> <bruce.beford at myfairpoint.net>wrote:
>
> > > If the amplifier gets too hot, it will let you know in a safe,
> > > non-spectacular way.
> >
> > How boring. 8-)
> >
>
> Indeed boring.  MUCH more interesting:
>
> Exploding electrolytic capacitors.
>
> 3-1000Z meltdown and implosion.
>
> 3-500Z melting solder off the pins.
>
> Wirewound resistors burning up and leaving a burning carbon track.
>
> Plate transformer so hot it sets paint on fire.
>
> Bandswitch with a half a dozen totally burned contacts
>
> Plate choke with about half the wire evaporated.
>
>
> Now that's entertainment.
>
>
> 73, Guy
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