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Freebird
Intermediate Member
Username: Freebird
Post Number: 326
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 10:36 pm: | 
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I have a astron rs-35m power supply and for some reason my amps on the meter are staying on zero.why would it be doing this?.the volts are fine though. |
Moonraker
Intermediate Member
Username: Moonraker
Post Number: 127
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, January 07, 2006 - 12:11 am: |
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The amp meter shows how many amps you are pulling from the power supply. When you key up your radio, does the amp meter move? |
Freebird
Intermediate Member
Username: Freebird
Post Number: 330
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, January 07, 2006 - 8:26 pm: |
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i have a uniden grant xl on it right now and when i key it up to talk it only moves to a little over zero amps does this seem strange at all? |
Patzerozero
Senior Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 2205
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, January 07, 2006 - 8:44 pm: |
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maybe a problem with meter, out of whack a bit? if the radio works fine, i wouldn't worry about it. my XL barely pulls 4 amps on my 40 amper. |
Freebird
Intermediate Member
Username: Freebird
Post Number: 334
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 1:16 pm: |
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yeah I was thinking it may be the meter also. |
Hotwire
Advanced Member
Username: Hotwire
Post Number: 809
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 1:23 pm: |
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When you use a big power supply like a 35 amp and run a cb with it the meter will not move much being a 35 amp scale. A normal cb pulls around 1 to 3 amps while transmitting.Even less just recieving. Put a big 4 pill amp on it and watch the amp-o-meter swing when you talk! If the power supply is just sitting there turned on its not producing big amps. Its waiting for power demand. Hope I made sense. |
