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Re: [Amps] Dentron 160-10L 10 meter issue

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Subject: Re: [Amps] Dentron 160-10L 10 meter issue
From: "Jim Hargrave" <w5ifp@gvtc.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 17:57:34 -0500
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Clarification....

My Clipperton-L only has a tap on the High Voltage secondary winding for
SSB/CW. (Lo/Hi voltage)

There are no primary taps, only two primary windings for 115v (Parallel) &
230V (Series).
The fan is across one of these 115v windings. It is a fixed speed with a
series 380 ohm/25W resistor to slow it down a bit.

    73s de Jim
       W5IFP


  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: Amps [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Carl
  > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 5:13 PM
  > To: Tim Kass; amps@contesting.com
  > Subject: Re: [Amps] Dentron 160-10L 10 meter issue
  >
  >
  > I thought you said yours had the same transformer?
  >
  > Carl
  >
  >
  > ----- Original Message -----
  > From: Tim Kass
  > To: amps@contesting.com ; Carl
  > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 4:56 PM
  > Subject: Re: [Amps] Dentron 160-10L 10 meter issue
  >
  >
  > Well, the 160-10L doesnt have a high/low voltage position...has
  > SSB/CW which
  > only changes the speed of the fan...voltage remains the same..thats the
  > design..in the Clipperton L - newer redesign of this amp, it
  > has a hi-lo
  > voltage switching in different taps on the primary I think.
  > That switch was
  > bad so I replaced it with a on-off HD toggle, rather than the cheap-o 3
  > position switch..so fan in high speed mode 100% of the
  > time..but I changed
  > that too with a 6 inch fan and put a resistor on it to slow it
  > down a little
  > as it was too damn loud.. hi hi   So far it hardly shows
  > color..so hoping
  > the tubes last forever.
  > Tim
  >
  > --- On Fri, 9/7/12, Carl <km1h@jeremy.mv.com> wrote:
  >
  >
  > From: Carl <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>
  > Subject: Re: [Amps] Dentron 160-10L 10 meter issue
  > To: "Tim Kass" <k8wbl@yahoo.com>, amps@contesting.com
  > Date: Friday, September 7, 2012, 2:32 PM
  >
  >
  > 2100 is about right in standby on CW while 2600-2700 is fine on SSB.
  >
  > I hope its just out of tolerance metering resistors and not the
  > filter caps
  > loading it down with high leakage.
  >
  > Carl
  > KM1H
  >
  >
  > ----- Original Message -----
  > From: Tim Kass
  > To: Carl ; amps@contesting.com ; Colin Lamb
  > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 11:53 AM
  > Subject: Re: [Amps] Dentron 160-10L 10 meter issue
  >
  >
  > Thanks Carl, well, only driving it with about 75 watts, wont go
  > over that
  > with my 746PRO to keep it happy...and not trying to sqeeze
  > every last watt
  > out either, like some folks.. ;)   When I rebuilt the power
  > supply, could
  > have redone that voltage doubler circuit, since it uses the
  > same transformer
  > at the Clipperton L, but didnt want to push the 572B's either,
  > 2100 volts at
  > idle now. So will just be careful and tune very slowly on the
  > Tune knob,
  > hate to write in tune positions but maybe stick some colorful
  > tape on the
  > exact loading spots..hi hi ...geez..its a junk style amplifier
  > anyway and
  > I've already cut up and modified it so much..don't think I can hurt the
  > value of this amp any more..hi hi
  >
  > 73, Tim K8WBL
  >
  >
  > --- On Fri, 9/7/12, Colin Lamb <k7fm@teleport.com> wrote:
  >
  >
  > From: Colin Lamb <k7fm@teleport.com>
  > Subject: Re: [Amps] Dentron 160-10L 10 meter issue
  > To: "Carl" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>, "Tim Kass" <k8wbl@yahoo.com>,
  > amps@contesting.com
  > Date: Friday, September 7, 2012, 11:31 AM
  >
  >
  > "Id start there and in the CW position and tune for maximum smoke."
  >
  > Careful, Carl, there are a lot of hams out there who take every word as
  > gospel and will try to do that.
  >
  > 73,  Colin
  >
  >
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