[Johnson] Valiant rebuild

[A Lawrence Fibich]

With the questions about the fuse/s - got me to thinking and I just wired -- take a 3 prong plug - cut the female part off - splice in a couple of inline fuses - and then put into an electrical box and connect to a 3 prong dual electrical plug-in socket - with a cover.  Then you have 2 electrical receptacles with fuse/d protection... occurred to me I have a couple of Heathkit units that are not fused/protected - plugging them into such will protect them as well.   THANKS for getting me thinking.  Of course with this  arrangement - no need to rewire/cut holes, etc., in your units to have them fused.
Larry F.AF6LF 


     On Saturday, May 23, 2015 5:00 PM, Larry Oneets <oneets123 at gmail.com> 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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