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[Amps] Clipperton Bandswitch wafer

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Subject: [Amps] Clipperton Bandswitch wafer
From: w8ji at contesting.com (Tom Rauch)
Date: Sun Mar 9 19:04:56 2003
> I need a wafer switch for a Dentron Clipperton L.  I purchased it about
> a year ago and finally loaded it on 160 to a dummy load the other day
> and "pop, pop, fizz, fizz" that particular wafer started arcing
> immediately.  I inspected it and it looks like it had been damaged for
> quite a while.

Monty,

The AL80B bandswitch wafers will fit, and are actually higher voltage
replacements for the Clipperton.

You can get the ceramic sections down to only two sections by using AL80B
wafers.

Use a anti-corona washer on the wafer also, on the terminal that goes to the
doorknobs.

73 Tom

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