Hi, I finally picked up a 2nd 50A Astron power supply to make a pair. Are there any issues in paralleling these to run the Herc II? I am going to verify that the terminal voltage is identical within
Should be no problem. We used to parallel DC power supplies and batteries in one of our networking centers with no problems..these systems run 24/7. __________________________________________________
I did that and it worked just fine. The Herc II power connector is wired so that you can easily have one of the supplies feed half of the amp and the other supply feed the other half. I DID strap the
peak. Exactly what that means as I do not know. I suspect that two Astron RS50 power supplies may work with a Hercules II in SSB service, as long as there is not much compression used. Higher power
The parallel supplies should be unregulated to avoid one supply taking the majority of the current load while the other idles during load peaks. 73 es DX, Gary - AB9M Should be no problem. We used to
Has anyone used one of the high-energy, multi-farad capacitors (used by the car-audio crowd), near the amplifier to support amperage peaks, and avoid voltage drop? Just curious, mostly. 73- Greg, KC8
I have used one of those capacitors for Field Day using a 100 watt rig and a battery with a battery booster. It seems to work although I don't know how to test it. You have to be careful to charge up
The battery makes the capacitor un-necessary as long as the leads between the battery and the rig are short and fat -- the battery itself acts as a big capacitor. The capacitor could improve things O
My understanding of those big capacitor units is to permit the operation of the typical 100 watt SSB mobile rig when it's powered from the "quick and easy" power connection port: the cigarette lighte