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Subject: [TenTec] Switching supply
From: ham@w3eax.umd.edu (Scott Rosenfeld [N7JI])
Date: Sun Mar 9 14:19:17 2003
I had a Ten-Tec supply a while back that was an 11 amp switcher.

I am nearly positive it was made somewhere in SW Asia.

On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 W5VPU@aol.com wrote:

> Hi Paul, and the bunch:
>        Sorry to burst anyone's bubble about the power supplies "made by Ten 
> Tec." 
>        When I had some problems with a switch on one of my two "Ten Tec" 
> power supplies, I talked with the guys in Sevierville to ask if they could 
> send me a replacement. I was told that indeed, anything which bore the TT 
> label they guaranteed and warranted. However, I was told quite kindly that 
> they did not make those two power supplies themselves. Instead, they buy them 
> from a different manufacturer, put the TT label on them, and sell them under 
> the TT name. They offered to write to the manufacturer to see if an alternate 
> switch would be available. Or I could return the PS to TT for a replacement. 
> Instead, I chose to examine the switch myself, discovered it had been 
> installed improperly, and righted it. Working fine ever since then. A lot 
> cheaper than shipping from Oklahoma City to Sevierville.
>        I do not know which TT power supplies you all are talking about, but 
> the two I have apparently were made elsewhere. That's OK with me. I'd rather 
> have a TT label on things with their backup than the same equipment bought 
> elsewhere. I suggest you verify this for yourselves. My 72 year old brain has 
> been known to scramble data meant to keep separated.
>  
> 73   Raymond          W5VPU
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