[TenTec] Hercules II

[Steve Ellington]

My Herc II manual says 12.5 - 14volts @ 80amps. Whether or not 16 will harm
the amp remains to be seen. I wouldn't try it!

Steve
N4LQ
----- Original Message -----
From: <K2ZF@aol.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 10:25 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Hercules II


>
> Hello to all, I am getting a Hercules II and am going to power it from a
> Sears DieHard Deep cycle battery, serial #27582. Ten Tec says that I can
> operate the amplifier with the battery charger running at the same time.
My
> amp has not arrived as yet, got the battery yesterday. During charging of
the
> battery I notice that the charger can deliver up to 16 or more volts
during
> charging, the charger is designed for deep cycle batteries. My question is
> this : Would the 16 volts that the charger delivers do damage to my
amplifier
> ? It does not make sense to me to run the charger with voltage over 13
volts
> and run the amp, or am I missing something here ? After a full charge the
> charger goes into trickle mode, but what when the battery voltage falls
> during amp operation and it goes into full charge mode, would that harm
the
> amp ? Sorry for this long winded question, but I don't want to ruin a new
amp.
> Thanks in advance, Jim  K2ZF
>
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