I may be falling into a joke or something here, but have three BC-610's
and I have yet to run any of them on 220 vac. All three are wired for
115 vac as that's what was provided with the generator from which they
were originally powered. Both sides of the AC line entering the
BC-610's are fused with a 25 amp fuse and I have yet to blow one, even
when the overload protection circuit kicked out indicating an excessive
current drain. The two I use at this time both have an output in excess
of 400 watts on CW and 350 watts on phone, so they are drawing full
current from the mains. Granted, it would sure be nice to have a 220
vac primary on the power transformer to provide for a more stable line
voltage, but at 115 vac I still only see about a 3 volt drop at full power.
It would be nice if the owner of the BC-610 spoken of here would put it
on the air or if he prefers, put it on the market so it could be in
circulation. They are great old war horses that will be around long
after most of us are gone.
Rick/K5IZ
Jim Miller WB5OXQ wrote:
I had an idea that it draws too much current for a common 110
circuit. My centurion amp requires 220vac also. Otherwise it would
need 30 amps at 110 and that is too much for most wiring in homes. We
never tired to operate that transmitter and I
Hi Jim,
Most big rigs run from 220VAC if for no other reason, just load
balancing. Big rigs will often pull more that 20 amps of AC line
current on...
