[Kenwood] astron supply blows regulator

Thu, 18 Jul 2002 08:19:48 -0700

Just replace the suspect pot at the same time as you are replacing the
defective IC!   73's from Fern

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Lemmon <[email protected]>
To: Clark Savage Turner <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Kenwood] astron supply blows regulator

>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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