Have they changed the resistors to ones properly rated for the job?
It's certainly an efficient spares service, but a shame they
designed something with a fundamental flaw built in.
Steve
A friend's AL-1500 started blowing fuses after the two minute timeout.
I isolated the problem to the filter cap board. After pulling the board, I
found that two or three caps had vented their guts onto the board.
I called Ameritron, and had the following conversation:
me - I need a set of 8 filter caps for an AL-1500
him - I assume you want the equalizing resistors too?
me - Hmm, I didn't even look at those.
him - the resistors usually go first, taking out the caps
me - ok, send the resistors too.
him - do you want just the parts, or the whole board?
me - Hmmm, how much is the whole board?
him - $20 more than just the parts
me - ok send the whole board
him - Ok that will be $167 including shipping.
I think that's pretty good service. I went back and checked the equalizing
resistors, and several were open, or way off value. It was a good catch for him
to mention the resistors. I might have missed that. Those guys do know their
product. It was nice to get a fully populated board for only $20 more than just
the parts.
Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, Arizona
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