I have an old Bullet power supply built from a kit (anyone remember those?) that uses the 723. You can short the output time and time again and it simply folds back. No harm, no foul. That's why I was wondering. I've never tried that with an Astron (and probably won't now).
Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob M." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 2:32 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Astron P/S question >I think they do, but only if the supply is putting out current to the load >and the current exceeds the value they've set for it. The crowbar firing >definitely exceeds the current limit but it's so sudden and complete that >the design and component values just cause the fuse to instantaneously >blow. > > Bob M. >
