Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola GP-300 Charger

[Mike Pugh]

Don wrote:

> I just wonder how many of the chargers I have seen at the Hamfest Not
> Working if this was the Problem, But Hey wait a Minuit is this Some
> Big Secret that no one wanted to share because the Motorola Shops,
> Dealers Just Sell the Customer a New One after all the Case dos not
> come apart, Oh well it is a Good day as We get older to actually learn
> something an Fix it, I guess that is why they call it Amateur Radio 
> 
> 73 De Don KA9QJG 

Don, I can give you another viewpoint to this perplexing question. I 
spent 18 years working in LMR, and when I first started, I asked the 
same question. It seemed that we were throwing away a lot of good 
useable stuff in favor of selling a new one. Once it was explained to me 
that in a commercial radio environment, with bench labor fees being what 
they were (at the time I left the biz in 2002, it was >$100/hr) it 
simply did not make sense for a tech to get his dremel tool out, saw the 
wall wart in half to replace a .50 fuse, then glue it back together. It 
was cheaper to sell the customer a new $30 supply.

Of course, just the opposite is true in amateur radio. What makes 
absolutely no sense in commercial radio because of the money involved, 
makes perfect sense in amateur radio. That is because most of us try to 
not spend any more money on our hobby than we absolutely have to, and we 
enjoy dinking around with stuff as part of our hobby. So what if it 
takes all afternoon to replace the fuse and glue the wall wart back 
together? It costs us nothing except the glue and the fuse.

This was difficult for me to understand at first, but eventually it 
became easy to figure out.. Contrary to popular belief, no one was 
getting ripped off for selling a new one instead of replacing the old 
one, it really did make better sense in the long run. Mike KA4MKG






 
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[Repeater-Builder] Motorola GP-300 Charger

[Don]

I Did NOT ask the Question Here ,  but I thought I would share My
answer in case Someone Else might have a Similar Problem 

73 De Don KA9QJG 

 

Well I posted this and Thought  I would Answer it. 


--- Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

 Can anyone tell me if there is some type of Fuse
 Inside the Motorola
 DC Power Supply Rapid Charger 2580162RO1   13.8 1.5
 AMPFor GP-300
   I, Accidentally touched the tip /gnd shorted it
 out Now No Output. I
 find it hard to believe a Second of a short would of
 burn it up 
 
 Thanks Don KA9QJG 

And the only answer I got was from John KF6FOZ Stated He Believed his
had a Fuse 

Well I do too, So Let Me answer My Question and Share the Answer with
Others,. 

I Could Not smell any Japanese Smoke and how come Every time I do My
Hip starts hurting where My wallet is, Anyway I saw No way to get the
case apart so I used My Dremel and Cut the seam of the case, I removed
the Transformer and Right away I saw the Fuse on the DC side It was
blown 1.5 Amp, I replaced it and Checked Everything Fine Now
Recharging My GP-300. 

I just wonder how many of the chargers I have seen at the Hamfest Not
Working if this was the Problem, But Hey wait a Minuit is this Some
Big Secret that no one wanted to share because the Motorola Shops,
Dealers Just Sell the Customer a New One after all the Case dos not
come apart, Oh well it is a Good day as We get older to actually learn
something an Fix it, I guess that is why they call it Amateur Radio 

73 De Don KA9QJG 











 
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