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[AMPS] re: Pwr Switch AL-811

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Subject: [AMPS] re: Pwr Switch AL-811
From: 2@vc.net (measures)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 10:26:21 -0800
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>>I've had the same thing happen with those rocker switches in other
>>equipment.  It means nothing more than: "you need a new switch."
>>When the contacts get bad, they get hot enough to melt and the
>>springs kick everything out on the floor.
>
>>The problem is, I don't know what to replace it with other than
>>the same type.
>
>
>
>Use what real amps use...  A contactor or open frame relay.
>
Henry Radio solved the inrush current problem in the 2k-3 & 4 with a 
costly mercury-wetted power contactor that could handle 500a pk.  .  .  A 
stepstart would have solved the problem for way less money. 

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-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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