[RTTY] RIGrunner?

[Jim McDonald]

I'll contribute to the semi-RTTY related discussion.  I have an MFJ DC strip
with banana jacks but am thinking of switching everything over to the
Powerpoles.  Most 12V stuff runs off of power supplies directly or via the
12V strip.

This weekend I came into the shack and smelled a burning smell.  Eventually
my nose led me to a wall wart powering a keyer.  The wall wart was about
twenty years old and was quickly melting its plastic cover.  I assume the
transformer or maybe a diode shorted.  It was too hot to hold.  My wife was
less than thrilled to hear the story, since it could have just as well
happened when no one was home.

The moral of the story is to consider the DC strips and a real power supply
instead of the wall warts.

Jim N7US

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Laws" <plaws at plaws.net>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] RIGrunner?


On Mon, 31 May 2004, Jerry Pixton wrote:

-> Anyone out there using one of the Powerwerx RIGrunner units that can
-> tell me if one of the front panel connectors is used for the Source
-> line or are the units wired separately? Trying to figure out how many
-> Outputs I really get.

The RIGrunners are actually from West Mountain Radio, though I, too,
bought mine from Powerwerx.  Powerwerx' website works like it should
unlike many other online vendors.

I have the 4008 which has 9 sets of Anderson Powerpoles, one of which is
marked "DC IN".  The 4008 does NOT have the switching, only the over/under
voltage alarms.  All are on at the same time.  I assume it's a simple bus
and that if I plugged the supply line into another port, it would still
work, but I haven't tried that.

Works FB.  Have all my scanners "powerpoled" as well, which cut way down
on wall-warts (and heat inside the old Pro-7!).  Still need to tidy the
wires some more ... and get solar backup ...

--
73,
Peter Laws
N5UWY/9
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