[Kenwood] Dead TS-440SAT
Daryl Montgomery
[email protected]
Wed, 26 Jun 2002 05:12:15 -0500
Guillermo,
Yes the rig appears to start normal operation before the fuse goes. The ps50
did kick off the correctly it was the internal fuse that blew.
Tnx
&
73's
Daryl - KC5ZJE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Guillermo" <[email protected]>
To: "Daryl Montgomery" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Kenwood] Dead TS-440SAT
> 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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