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Old November 4th 07, 03:38 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Ralph Mowery Ralph Mowery is offline
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"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Dave wrote:
what does the voltage read when it is turned on? an rs-20a is probably
not so old that caps would go bad, and the low voltage left over when you
turn it off probably means the caps are holding a charge.


Or if anything is externally connected to the power
supply, the left over low voltage can be coming from
that connected device. I have my RS-20 connected to
a deep discharge marine battery. If I forget to
disconnect the battery from the power supply when
I power down the supply, the meter on the supply
displays the battery voltage. I'm told that can
damage the regulator within the supply but that
has never happened to me.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com


I have not done the modification to one, but here is a modification for the
floating batteries.

http://www.repeater-builder.com/astr...rsbattmod.html

http://www.repeater-builder.com/astr...n-rsbatmod.jpg

There is much info on the Astrom supplies he

http://www.repeater-builder.com/astr...ron-index.html