If you do not have an **adjustable** current limited supply, do what I do on the bench.
I have a 35 amp limited supply on the bench, and my 13.8 volt buss has jacks that are direct, through a 10 ohm 10 watt resistor, and through a second 10 ohm in series with that. I can get a really good idea if something is going to power up OK because I can start with 20 ohms, move the tap to 10 ohms, and then add a jumper plug to make it 5 ohms. My supply also is variable voltage, and although it only goes down to 9 volts (and up to 18) that still helps. Many things do not show with a resistance test, but a resistor limited test will show problems with popping bigger transistors or foil traces. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
