[Milsurplus] LM-18 and AC PS Questions.. More

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More likely "Touch these switches and you'll lose your beer ration".  :-)

In a message dated 5/27/2007 1:22:49 PM Central Daylight Time, jfor at quik.com 
writes: 
> They did the same thing with the Power Control Box on the ASB-5 Radar. The 
> early ones had three switches for capacitors to adjust power factor and an AC 
> meter. They later dropped the meter but kept the switches. It seems 
> absolutely nuts to me as it's most likely the switches would get twiddled and there 
> would be no way of knowing the set voltages were way off. Overvoltage would 
> not lad to long life for the four 15E finals. 
> 
> I see no provisions for any pre-flight setup either.  Maybe they were 
> ordered "Do NOT Touch These Switches" ?? 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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