I would keep it factory - the guys with the slide rules, pocket pens and
letters after their names usually are qualified to design and/or the
transformer.
Mike
W8TRN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Bryce" <prosolar@sssnet.com>
To: "Brian Carling AF4K" <bcarling@cfl.rr.com>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec
Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 09:45
Subject: Re: [TenTec] 422 Centurion blowing fuses...
Brian, Bob, and the group,
Let me pop in here with a bit of wisdom and a question
was the $385 rewind from ten-tec or from another company?
If if remember correctly, ten tec had some issues with their transformers
used in some of the amps.
If you have it rewound by a third party, you might end up with a better unit
than a new one from the factory.
Personally, an external high voltage power source always scares the snot out
of me. It’d keep it factory and used either rebuilt or new.
Mike Bryce wb8vge
prosolar@sssnet.com
On Jan 31, 2014, at 7:39 AM, Bry Carling <bcarling@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
Thanks so much Bob... The choices are rough - $500 plus shipping for a new
transformer
from Tentec or $385 plus shipping both ways for a rewind job!
Yes, we get lightning, but this occurred when there was no lightning...
Any thoughts or ideas are appreciated. I may have to go with an external
power supply...
Brian AF4K
On 30 Jan 2014 at 22:05, Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:
Sorry to learn of the bad news.
There are companies around that can rewind/rebuild that transformer.
Certainly worth checking into as opposed to engineering some other
transformer in its place.
Per chance have you had a lightning strike lately? That will do
it.
73
Bob, K4TAX
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