I bought an import made battery load tester off ebay for under $10. The tester even has a meter indication. I added a small fan to move air through it and use it as a high current load where desired. Sometimes I use it as a series resistance.
I also use heating elements out of dead hair dryers for nichrome wire resistors. cheers, skipp > "Bob M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would have gladly run the supply loaded to 28 amps > if the resistors could take it. They couldn't. They > were heating the room after several minutes, and took > half an hour to cool off after that. I did the best I > could with the equipment available. I need about 400 > watts-worth of load to test these things properly. > > I step-started the repeater after putting in the > working power supply, but it didn't need to be done > that way. > > Astron never responded to my e-mail from Friday, so > I'll be rattling their cage Tuesday to see how their > warranty procedure works and if it's even worth > sending the unit back to them. > > Bob M.
