[Kenwood] Dead TS-440SAT

Wed, 26 Jun 2002 00:21:07 -0300

	Hello Daryl, does rig turn on ok before those 15 seconds?, so strange
ps 50 short circuit protection apparently does not work first.

Best regards
Guillermo - LU8EYW.

Daryl Montgomery escribi�:
> 
> Well folks hope everyone had a great Field Day mine was for the most part. I
> did encounter a problem with my 440 that grieves me terribly. We had been in
> operation for several hours and the Rig died. With a check or two we found
> that the power supply (PS-50) had blown an internal fuse. So while the
> supply was being repaired we fired it up on another this time with inline
> fuse holders and after proximity fifteen seconds it blew one of them.
> Thinking the cooling fan may have stopped working and kicked the rig off on
> thermal overload we put another rig on the air. Today I had time to check
> the rig again and the same scenario fifteen second and the fuse blows. I've
> owned the rig for four years and it has performed flawlessly until now.
> Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Tnx
>       &
>          73's
>                 Daryl  -  KC5ZJE
> 
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