I have a whole house surge protector installed at the Mains breaker
panel. Thus I find no need to have individual surge protection for any
of the equipment locations in the QTH. This takes care of microwave,
range, furnace, washer, radios, TV's, entertainment systems, phone
system and such.
Not sure I like or agree with the idea of a separate mains switch. If
for remote purposes, remember when turning off the amp via the front
power switch, one must allow the voltage to bleed down before shutting
off the main power switch on the rear. {Per the manual} This would
seem to be true with an external switch.
I've assisted many hams with issue resolution only to find out they have
and use a "big switch" or otherwise to shut down the station. This IS
NOT a good idea as many/most microprocessor circuits have provision to
save data before shutting down equipment. Thus if one uses a "big
switch" it kills the DC source thus the processor does not have the
opportunity to save the data status. As to what's left.......,
sometimes scrambled data, and that's where the issues arise.
73
Bob, K4TAX
On 1/18/2019 10:11 AM, Macy monkeys wrote:
Is anyone in the US using a separate 220v external mains switch on their
KPA500? I'm wondering where these are available. Or is anyone using a 220 v
surge protector? Are these available for the NEMA 6-15 plug?
John K7FD
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