[Milsurplus] Re: Arc-5 not so) Mobile

[W7QHO at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/10/07 1:48:04 PM, Jim.Falls at conservation.ca.gov writes:


> Thanks, Dave and all - Maybe I've been doing this wrong........I used a 
> pair of 60,000 mF in PARALLEL w/a 12V/15A supply and it still kicked it OFF 
> (little dyno pulls 3A loaded; spikes to 25A momentarily [0.5 sec] when winding 
> up.). Maybe the caps are shot. Maybe I really need a 2F cap from a Low 
> Rider...Cheapest stripped version I've found is around $60; bells and whistles is 
> easily twice that. I can cobble together around 250,000 mF using all my "big 
> cans", but will this even be worth the work?
> 

Jim,

What kind of a supply is it, switcher, regulated linear, other...?   Sounds 
like it's got a super-fast cutout circuit of some kind.   Or, are you kicking a 
CB on the power input line. what???

Dennis D. W7QHO
Glendale, CA



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