[Johnson] Valiant rebuild

[Robert Sauvan]

I had to do this on my Hammarlund HX-50 due to the same issue. Seemed to 
take care of it. When I finally resolve the fuse issue as to where and 
how exactly I am going to mount it on the Valiant, I am going to do the 
same with this radio by adding a current inrush limiter. I have watched 
numerous you tube videos and always noticed that those Valiants really 
had a "kick" when turned on. I notice with this particular rig it is not 
occurring. No idea as to why this radio isnt jumping when turned on, but 
I dont mind it at all. It seems to be very quiet. For now anyway. Im 
just glad to see it seems to be running quite nicely and all I have to 
deal with are some cosmetic issues and do some minor things to improve 
protection issues.

Bob-W0YBS.

On 5/23/2015 6:00 PM, Larry Oneets wrote:
> These Valiant do pop line fuses often due to the large inrush current when
> the switch is turned on. This can be eliminated along with the blowing of
> the line fuses by putting an inrush current limiter in series with the
> power line cord.  These are not very expensive and save wear and tear on
> the power switch and a lot of fuses going away. With one of these in the
> line you can lower the size of the line fuse to where it should be for
> better protection.  The bad thing is if you like the thud when turning on
> the rig, well, it will be gone.  It certainly won't hurt to fuse the center
> tap of the high voltage also for more protection of the tranny.
> Larry
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