Doug & Jim, Thanks for the replies. I will check all of the caps etc. when I can get back to the site. I didn't take a good look at yesterdays fuse but it looked as if it had blown and not melted. I will definitely look at the second fuse a little closer when I get up there.
Jim, I'm familiar with having a speaker load on the mobiles when converted to repeater but didn't think of that on this auxiliary receiver. It's been up there for about 10 years now and I never even thought of using a speaker or considering a load for it. I'll have to take a closer look and see what, if anything is done for that particular receiver where typically you wouldn't have a speaker or anyone to listen to it. Thanks again guys! Adam N2ACF At 09:32 AM 12/11/2007, you wrote: >I would put an ammeter in series with the receiver and >check the current being drawn. You may have a filter >cap going bad and the current may be up near the 1 Amp >fuse rateing. Sometimes a fuse being operated near >its rateing will not blow immediately, but will blow >hours after it is replaced. Also make sure the >receiver speaker output has a load. GE receiver audio >amps tend to oscillate if the speaker load is lost. >You may or may not hear this in the audio output >depending on where the output is tapped. > >73 - Jim W5ZIT > >--- "Adam C. Feuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > Yesterday, I had to go up the mountain to the > > repeater site because I > > noticed that my GE voting receiver was not working. > > When I got there, > > I found that one of the fuses had blown. I believe > > it was fuse 801 > > and it had a 1amp glass fuse in it. > > > > Not being fully equipped to trouble shoot ( I > > actually left work due > > to curiosity to see what was wrong) I simply > > replaced the fuse and > > the receiver came back to life working perfectly. I > > checked it > > periodically on my way back to work and home for the > > night and it was > > working fine. > > > > I come to wake up this morning and the receiver is > > dead > > again. Before I attempt to sneak out of work today, > > has anyone seen > > this fuse blow multiple times in this 19inch rack > > mount receiver? > > This particular receiver is being fed with an > > external 12volt source > > (not a supply attached to the receiver) that feeds > > other 12volt > > devices which are all working fine. I'm going to > > stop at the local > > two way shop and see if I can find a diagram but > > until then, I was > > wondering if anyone has had this trouble before. > > > > Thanks in advanced..... > > > > Adam N2ACF > > > > > > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. >http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
