So the ground path was more direct it seems. Chuck Jack KE9UW
Sent from my iPhone, cjack > On Apr 16, 2018, at 3:27 PM, hawley, charles j jr <c-haw...@illinois.edu> > wrote: > > About 75% went thru the ground path. The 10 ga to the rig went from Astron to > a battery switching device in case of power outage, to rig runner and to rig. > So 4 sets of power pole connectors plus 2 fuses. I’m thinking of changing > some of that too. The voltage at the rig, K3, now drops a volt when putting > out 100 Watts. > > Chuck Jack > KE9UW > > Sent from my iPhone, cjack > >> On Apr 16, 2018, at 3:14 PM, Wes Stewart <wes_n...@triconet.org> wrote: >> >> I would hope that "much of the current..." wasn't really much. The direct >> conductor from the negative terminal of the power supply to the radio should >> carry the majority of the supply current, >> >> Wes N7WS >> >>> On 4/15/2018 7:38 PM, hawley, charles j jr wrote: >>> This thread prompted me to check out my Astron vs35m. It had a small black >>> wire from -V connected to the bottom of the chassis. Perhaps it could be >>> called a case or cabinet...more importantly, it’s what the green wire from >>> the line cord is connected to. I disconnected the black wire. When it was >>> connected, much of the current that would have passed thru the negative >>> power wire from the power supply to the rig was shunted thru the green >>> power cord wire, the ground buss bar, and other ground connections. >>> >>> Chuck Jack >>> KE9UW >>> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to c-haw...@illinois.edu > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to c-haw...@illinois.edu ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
