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March 23rd 07, 09:15 PM
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AZDEN PCS4000 Manual???
Did you try measuring the current drain on the battery? Some of this old stuff was designed to be plugged into power all the time. mike -- Return address is VALID! Bunch-O-Stuff Forsale He http://nm7u.tripod.com/homepage/sale.html Well I could'nt imagine that the On/Off switch must remain on all the time. If it was in a Vehicle instead of in my ham shack who would want to leave the darned rig on all the time. I use it in the home shack, and all I did was substitute the tiny 3 v (rechargeable) cell and gring the +/- leads out so could use Lithium Ion or other longer lasting rechargeables. You gave me an idea however so will crank in 5 freqs and leave it on for a few days to see what hapens. 73's and tnx Joe |
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March 24th 07, 09:21 AM
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AZDEN PCS4000 Manual???
Joseph Fenn wrote:
Did you try measuring the current drain on the battery? Some of this old stuff was designed to be plugged into power all the time. mike -- Return address is VALID! Bunch-O-Stuff Forsale He http://nm7u.tripod.com/homepage/sale.html Well I could'nt imagine that the On/Off switch must remain on all the time. Read it again. Plugged into power is not the same as having the on/off switch on all the time. FWIW, a typical car radio these days draws about 1/4 amp when the power is off. Vendors will deny it, but get out your meter and measure the current thru the power wire when the radio is off. There's a second wire that keeps the memory alive when your ignition switch cuts the main power. Learned this the hard way when I hard-wired a modern car radio into a motorhome. Battery went flat in a hurry. mike If it was in a Vehicle instead of in my ham shack who would want to leave the darned rig on all the time. I use it in the home shack, and all I did was substitute the tiny 3 v (rechargeable) cell and gring the +/- leads out so could use Lithium Ion or other longer lasting rechargeables. You gave me an idea however so will crank in 5 freqs and leave it on for a few days to see what hapens. 73's and tnx Joe -- Return address is VALID! Bunch-O-Stuff Forsale He http://nm7u.tripod.com/homepage/sale.html |
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