Well, so far I proved that wiggling is legit way of fixing some things.
After wiggling a few wires I now have 110 AC on the white wires and I
can see that I still don't have the supply working. The front panel
switch is good. I tried jumpering the white wires with a test lead with
small alligator clips...No luck . then I tried with some 14 or 16 ga
wire...no luck. I did test the continuity on both white wires back into
the supply and they tested good. It was 35 deg here and my shop is in
the unheated garage, ie, my hands got cold enough to hurt so I will
puzzle on this some more and try again tomorrow.
John Graves
WA1JG
jh.graves@verizon.net
On 3/9/2011 10:10 AM, d.e.warnick@comcast.net wrote:
I'd bet on the PS switch being open (is it turned on?)
If you have no voltage on the 2 white wires with the PS plugged in and the
switch on, look at the primary circuit.
One white wire is connected to the AC line through the fuse. Check continuity
there
The other white witre connects through the PS Switch and the primaries of the
transformer. Check continuity there.
Check the PS switch for continuity
Check the fuse& fuse holder combination for continuity
Check the transformer primaries for continuity and correct 120v/240v connection
Check the power cord for continuity
ALL CONTINUITY CHECKS WITH THE PS UNPLUGGED, OF COURSE
73
Dave
WA3F
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Graves"<jh.graves@verizon.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"<tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 9, 2011 9:55:08 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Dead TT 280 PS
I loaned out my Omni-D and 280 supply but it appears that the PS is not
working. The meter light does not come on. I checked the voltage on the
2 white center wires on the connector and found no voltage. The
external fuse checks good. Any suggestions on where to go next? I do
have a copy of the manual with the 280 schematic so that helps.
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