edctexas wrote:
>
> Look on the Kevin's Web site under Astron power supplies for info on
> how to use an Astron to float batteries. There needs to be a diode
> between the power supply and the batteries to prevent the batteries
> from discharging back into the power supply when the AC is gone. You
> can alos use a BIG relay that drops the PSU when the AC goes off.
The only problem with that is that if the Astron blows, the relay won't
drop out (since there's still AC), and the batt's won't pick up, so yer
off the air.
--
Jim Barbour
WD8CHL
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