[Milsurplus] RBx Power Supply Question

[Mark K3MSB]

Now that I have my RBA receiver up and running it will go on the rack with
my RBB and RBC hopefully this weekend after looking into one or two
things.   So, I have 3 receivers and 2 power supplies.

For testing I’m powering the RBA from the same supply as my RBC and things
have been working fine.    I noticed last night that the RBC was ON even
though it’s ON/OFF switch was OFF.  Nuts, how did that switch get
busted?    I then remembered the schematic and realized that since both the
jacks on the power supply were in parallel,  turning on one of two
connected radios would probably turn on both.    I checked the schematics
and that is what’s going on.    It’s also in the manual.

The manual says one power supply can run two radios in an emergency,  but
nowhere does it state for how long etc.    I know what the rating is for
the power supply,  but I can’t find in any of the manuals what the power
consumption is for a single RBx radio to figure out how close to the power
supply limit I’m at running two radios.

So, any idea of how long one can run two radios off of one power supply?

I could of course just disconnect one power cable, but that’s a bit
inconvenient based upon how I have the power supply resting under the
radios.

73 Mark K3MSB
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