On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:35:45 EST, [email protected] wrote: >Has anyone heard any additional information about using a light bulb in the AC >line ahead of your radios ac input to reduce the inrush current to the rigs as >they are turned on. I would like to hear more about doing that if the >information is available. It seems there is quit a surge when I turn on the >transmitter Drake T4xB.
I actually saw the lightbulb idea in an old magazine. The idea was to use a delay relay in the power supply to bypass the light bulb after the PS has come up part way. It works, but as Garey pointed out, there are alternatives. 73 -Jim -- Ham Radio NU0C Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.S.A. TR7/RV7/R7A/L7, TR6/RV6, T4XC/R4C/L4B, NCL2000, SB104A, R390A, GT550A/RV550A, HyGain 3750, IBM PS/2 - all vintage, all the time! "Give a man a URL, and he will learn for an hour; teach him to Google, and he will learn for a lifetime." HyGain 3750 User's Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HyGain_3750/ http://incolor.inetnebr.com/jshorney http://www.nebraskaghosts.org _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
