- 1. [TenTec] Centaur cooling mod for lower noise? (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Volpe <kg6tt@arrl.net>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 14:38:45 -0700
- Have you found a way to quiet down your Centaur? I have probably used my Centaur 5 hours in the past year. Not that it is a bad amp. It is a NOISY amp. I'd love an opportunity to quiet it down. But a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-06/msg00353.html (8,162 bytes)
- 2. Re: [TenTec] Centaur cooling mod for lower noise? (score: 1)
- Author: "Carl Moreschi" <n4py@arrl.net>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 17:49:15 -0400
- I added a 100 ohm 5 watt resistor in series with the fan motor. I also removed the cover grating bars that were in front of the fan to increase the amount of air flow. These 2 changes quieted my cent
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-06/msg00354.html (9,021 bytes)
- 3. Re: [TenTec] Centaur cooling mod for lower noise? (score: 1)
- Author: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 21:07:34 -0500
- Jerry, Carl's answer is the short and sweet one. I had an interesting exchange of letters with the TT president about the Centaur when it came out and I documented the noise level in my shack caused
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-06/msg00368.html (10,515 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TenTec] Centaur cooling mod for lower noise? (score: 1)
- Author: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@storm.weather.net>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:25:33 -0500
- Its hard to quiet a siren (where the fan blades chop off the air flow through holes), but maybe if the grill was removed and a few feet of 4" flexible sound silencer duct was attached, it would be pa
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-06/msg00410.html (9,184 bytes)
- 5. Re: [TenTec] Centaur cooling mod for lower noise? (score: 1)
- Author: Gary Tuck <gtuck@mac.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:29:11 -0700
- Another "solution" if you wear headphones is to try a set of noise canceling ones. I've not tried the Heil cans, but have used the Noisebuster FX and Solitude as well as a Sennheiser HD 280 passive s
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-06/msg00412.html (8,232 bytes)
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