[Amps] premade HV rectifier board

Carl km1h at jeremy.mv.com
Fri Jul 5 21:10:22 EDT 2013


Well, its certainly no secret who designed that board and then claimed all 
the caps were pre screened at 475V.....
Ive even had NOS ones bought for repairs fail at 430-440V

Carl
KM1H



I can say that the WD7S is the best board to use..I have put two into 
AL-1500 and it will fit..I have a extra board and all the parts if one wants 
to go that way..Who ever designed that P/S board for the AL-1200 and AL-1500 
was not thinking right!!! Bob

Bob Gibson W5RG

From: Jim W7RY <w7ry at centurytel.net>
To: Carl <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>; Alek Petkovic <vk6apk at bigpond.com>; Dave 
Hachadorian <k6ll.dave at gmail.com>
Cc: amps at contesting.com
Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2013 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] premade HV rectifier board


Why would you fry the filament by turning up the plate voltage? The plate
transformer and filament transformer are separate.

Jim W7RY


-----Original Message----- 
From: Carl
Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2013 6:21 PM
To: Jim W7RY ; Alek Petkovic ; Dave Hachadorian
Cc: amps at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] premade HV rectifier board


>I put a WD7S power supply board into my AL-82. Works perfectly. It has 10
> caps on it. It also fits perfectly into the AL-82, AL-1200 and AL-1500.
>
> You could probably even put the transformer on the "high tap" if you
> wanted to.
>
> 73
> Jim W7RY
>

And fry the filament faster....

Carl
KM1H
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Alek Petkovic
> Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2013 4:18 PM
> To: Dave Hachadorian
> Cc: amps at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] premade HV rectifier board
>
>
>
> On 5/07/2013 6:25 AM, Dave Hachadorian wrote:
>> A friend of mine blew one of the filter capacitors in his
>> AL-1500.
> Yeah and I know why. There are 8 x 450V rated capacitors giving a total
> working voltage of 3600V, in that bank. The plate voltage in that amp
> is, at most times, higher than that. Up to 300V higher.
>
> A pretty marginal design, to say the least.
>
> I replaced all 8 caps in my amp, to 500V rated units and added a few
> more microfarads in the process. I now have a bit of headroom in the
> voltage department and a bit better dynamic regulation, resulting in
> more Watts out for the same amount of drive. So far, so good.
>
> 73, Alek. VK6APK
>
>
>
>
>> As I remember, the entire filter capacitor board, with
>> capacitors and resistors installed, was very reasonably priced.
>> ($180?)  I suspect that their Rectifier Board is also reasonable.
>> The techs at Ameritron are very friendly, knowledgeable, and a
>> pleasure to deal with.
>>
>> The AL-1500 manual, with schematic, is here:
>> http://www.qsl.net/4/4x6on/RADIO%20MANUALS/AMERITRON/AMERITRON--AL-1500-User-Manual.pdf
>>
>>
>> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
>> Big Bear Lake, CA
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Stein-Roar Brobakken[LA6FJA]
>> Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2013 5:31 AM
>> To: amps at contesting.com
>> Subject: [Amps] premade HV rectifier board
>>
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Does anyone know a place to buy premade HV rectifier board etc
>> for HF
>> amplifier?
>>
>> 73s LA6FJA Rag
>>
>>
>>
>>
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