I have just been reading the Transverter XV50, XV144, XV222 Assembly Manual Rev B, March 2006 and notice on page 2 that the top cover has ventilation holes drilled in it. My XV144 does not have any ventilation holes.
Should I drill some vent holes in the top cover, over the four metal-oxide resistors? My XV144 does get hot and sometimes trips out if I transmit more than a few minutes. (Presumably F1, the resettable fuse.) As there is space on the RF Board for a fan, similar to that used on the XV432, I am wondering whether there would be any advantage fitting a 40mm x 40mm fan to the XV144? Presumably, I would need to drill air-flow holes in the PCB and also in the bottom cover. 73 -- David G4DMP Leeds, England, UK ------ ______________________________________________________________ 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
