[Kenwood] astron supply blows regulator

Wed, 17 Jul 2002 21:27:09 -0700

Clark,

What is the specific model number of the Astron supply that has the
problem?  What is the part number of the IC that fails?  Not all Astron
power supplies use the same chip.

73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY

Clark Savage Turner wrote:

> Anyone had an Astron supply blow the regulator on a regular basis?  I
> have one that goes in a week, maybe a month, after putting in a new
> one.  The regulator voltage pot allows me to set the voltage right to
> 13.8, no problem there (though the little cheap pot was dirty and it
> jumped around) and I can't seem to see on the board what would slowly
> kill the regulator.  Any hints?
>
> Clark
> WA3JPG
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