[Orion] Powering the fan and 238B from the Orion?

[Ralph Irish]

Eric & group

I will be very surprised if the extra couple of panel lamps
will overload that 13.8VDC output on the ORION's back panel.
If it does, shame on Ten Tec!  I would have to find the
manual and check to see if there is a load limit on that
connector, but I suspect that you could power some keyers,
or voice keyers from it, along with the fans.  THAT IS JUST
A GUESS, HOWEVER, BASED ON MY CONFIDENCE IN TEN TEC!  You
Cc-ed them in your message, and I did likewise in my reply,
so I suspect that someone there will put out the word.

73,

Ralph - W8ROI



Eric Rosenberg wrote:

> Not sure if I can do this... but I'd like to power the Orion's add-on
> fan and the 238B tuner (s-meter, or so it seems) from the 13.8v output
> on the Orion.
>
> Is this okay or too much of a load?  Some reviewer on e-ham said this
> was bad news...
>
> Comments, thoughts?
>
> Eric W3DQ
> Washington, DC
>
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