I have one SAMLEX and three Astron power supplies and they have operated perfectly since they day I bought them. I own the following:
--one Samlex 13.8, 3 to 5 amp power supply I have in the garage for various little projects and experimental work. --two Astron RS-35M power supplies. --one Astron RS-50M power supply (which is my main shack supply). Oops. Just remembered, I sold one of the Astron RS-35Ms to a friend of mine and I know it is working fine for him too. 73, phil, K7PEH On May 6, 2012, at 7:07 AM, N3XX wrote: > Unreliable??? I have been using the same VS-50M here for over 25 years. It > presently powere my K3 and a few other things in the shack. I leave it on > 24/7 unless there is a storm coming through. Then everything is powered > down & disconnected. > > 73, > Tim - N3XX > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 9:12 AM > Subject: [Elecraft] Power Supplies > > >> Good Morning Ya’ll >> >> This morning my Astron SS-30M (used regularly for 15 years) went south in >> a puff of smoke and voltage on the meter was fluctuating around 10VDC. No >> damage to the K3. WHEW! I pulled out my Astron VS-50M (haven’t used in 15 >> years) and its voltage was also fluctuating a bit (maybe needs to reform >> caps?) (I’ll try it later on a ... should I say ... a radio I will not >> worry about too much ... or build a load for it). At a local swapfest last >> weekend a seller had several Astron power supplies that he was selling as >> parts units. He commented that they were unreliable. >> >> That being said, what are the groups recommendations for a power supply? >> >> 73, Mike WA5POK >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
