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From: Kk2ed@aol.com <Kk2ed@aol.com>
To: amps@contesting.com <amps@contesting.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Date: 18 March 2002 15:38
Subject: Re: [Amps] Henry 2k p.s. questions
>I did remove the HV lead from the RFdeck, and it still blows the primary
>fuses.
>
>
>Is it possible that the choke could be going bad?
>
>I don't have a hi-pot tester to test the choke or rectifers, but can I use
a
>variable 0-15vdc p.s. with a current limiter to test the fwd and reverse
>action of the rectifiers?
You can do a forward check that way, but it's reverse that's more suspect
where primary fuses are blowing. Try it step by step, perhaps. Unhook the hv
secondary from the rectifiers. If that's ok add the choke but not the
capacitor stack and so on.
Steve
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