[CQ-Contest] Load testing a 50 amp supply?

[WA7VNI]

I don't know about your part of the country but we've had a
real problem in this area with people stripping parts off of
parked cars. Maybe it's an organized crime car stripping
gang kind of thing. It's a good you have those spares on
hand to get her back of the road again. Good planning on
your part. :-)

73 
Patrick 
WA7VNI


-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Dallas and Lucy
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 5:13 AM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Load testing a 50 amp supply?

What an idea.  I went over to the shack yesterday afternoon
to give this a try and it worked great.  Unfortunately, I
got a call at about 10:30 last night from my XYL who said I
needed to come pick her up from BINGO.  Said the lights
wouldn't come on on the Jeep.

Man am I in trouble!!!

73  Dallas  W3PP



> >I just repaired (I think) a 50 amp astron rack supply.  I
intend on 
> >using it to power two hf rigs (SO2R) and accessories.
However, I 
> >wish to load
it up
> >to about 30 amps to check ripple and regulation without
sacrificing 
> >my station if something is wrong.
> >Any ideas on what I could use to load it up for a test?
>
> Thanks for all the responses.  The popular solution is to
use a car
headlight
> (or two).  I got a couple of those.
>
> Rich