On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:01:45 +0000, David Pratt <[email protected]> wrote:
>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 No need to drill the holes or get a fan for any of the other XV Models. They don't get hot like the XV432 does. Tom, N5GE [email protected] K3 #806 with SUB RX, K3 #1055, PR6, XV144, XV432, KRC2, W1, 2 W2's and other small kits 1 K144XV on order http://www.n5ge.com http://www.swotrc.net ______________________________________________________________ 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
