[Amps] Hercules II power supply

[larryw6lar]

m.ford wrote:

>Hello Vic
>
>    I just sold my Hercules II this week. I last ran it on a single
>Astron RS-70. Under heavy load , which in my opinion is anything
>over 50 amps, the ripple becomes so high that the filter cap gets
>rather warm. At 70 amps the pc board mounted on top of the filter
>cap starts to smell.
>
>    The amp ran real nice on various battery setups for many years.
>A car battery makes a real nice ripple filter.
>
>Mike  k1ern
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Vic K2VCO" <vic at rakefet.com>
>To: "Amps reflector" <amps at contesting.com>
>Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 2:11 PM
>Subject: [Amps] Hercules II power supply
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>>Has anyone used a single Astron RS-70 power supply with the Tentec 
>>Hercules II?  It seemed to me that it was a bit on the light side, but I 
>>wondered if anyone had tried it.
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>>73,
>>Vic, K2VCO
>>Fresno CA
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I have a Hercules II that was not being used and I thought it might be 
good to install it in my new travel trailer to go along with my portable 
HF station. I have one power converter that is for the travel trailer, 
80 amp. I bought a second Progressive Dynamics PD9280 just for running 
the Hercules. Found it on e-bay for only $165, new. So far its doing a 
bang up job. Its very compact and light weight as it is a switcher. 
Seems good and quiet too. The amp seems happy just like me.

Larry   W6LAR