[Amps] Power Supply ideas for moderate power SS amps

[Tom & Martha]

   Thanks to all who replied,  both off-line and on-line, to my question 
about powering medium power solid state
amps, each reply was helpful. I was very surprised with the battery and 
charger idea which
seems to be a great alternative.

73
Tom
w4tmw


>> On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:17:52 -0400, "Tom & Martha" <mtnest at hartcom.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> When considering power supplies for Moderate power HF Amp's (+- 300-400W
>>> output), in class AB, requiring about 28V @ 30A, what are most guys
>>> using?
>>
>> REPLY:
>>
>> I would use two automobile batteries in series with a trickle charger.
>> Be sure to fuse them properly - lots of juice there.  :-)
>>
>> 73, Bill W6WRT
>
>
> If you live near a surplus electronics shop give them a call, old 
> industrial
> linear supplies are going cheap. The last one I picked up about 15-16 
> months
> ago was a rack mounted 0-35V @ 100A for $50, in 1998 I paid $150 for the
> same PS, same store, for the company I worked for.
>
> Its a 2 man effort to get it on the bench, about 150#.
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>