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Anonymous
Posted on Monday, September 03, 2001 - 8:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I WAS TALKING ON MY RADIO,THEN MY AMP BLEW A FUSE. I PUT A 6.5 AMP FUSE AND IT BLEW OUT TO.THE FUSE THAT CAME OUT TO START WITH DID NOT SAY HOW MANY AMPS IT WAS,DO YOU KNOW?IT SEEMS LIKE THE FUSE I PUT IN IT WOULD HAVE WORKED,BUT AS SOON AS I KEYED UP IT BLEW OUT.AND I TOOK THE AMP OUT OF LINE,BECAUSE MY RADIO WOULD NOT DO AS MANY WATTS,NOW MY RADIO WORKS FINE, BUT IN LINE WITH THE AMP IT DONT. DO YOU THINK ITS A TUBE,I CANT SEE ANYTHING BURNED IN EATHER TUBE. THANKS
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307 (307)
Posted on Wednesday, September 05, 2001 - 3:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It is probably a diode in the High Voltage Power Supply. I would assume this because the HV is keyed in through the relay , If it blows when you key up , it must be the diodes OR capacitors in the doubler circuit.
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Anonymous
Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2001 - 10:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

thanks i will take them out and test them
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Anonymous
Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2001 - 12:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

WITH THE TUBES OUT OF THE AMP IT KEYS WHEN I PUT THEM BACK IN AND KEY IT BLOWS THE FUSE,AND WITH THE AMP IN LINE MY RADIO ONLY DOES HALF THE WATTAGE I TAKE IT OUT OF LINE AND MY RADIO DOES FINE,WHAT DO YOU THINK? THANKS

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