[TenTec] Samlex America power supplies

[George Skoubis]

Bob,

  I have the Alinco Switching Power supply and it specifically mentions that
it should not be hooked up to a battery...You may want to find out if this a
result of switching power supply design, or just an Alinco recommendation.

  I don't have any info on the Samlex power supplies though, Sorry....

George / KF9YR

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tentec@contesting.com [mailto:owner-tentec@contesting.com]On
Behalf Of Bob Wilderman
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 12:19 PM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] Samlex America power supplies



I need advice about purchasing a switching power supply from Samlex America.
Their specs seem excellent, their warranty is better than Astron (3 years
vs. 1 year), the price is excellent ($89.95 for the 23 amp supply at only 4
pounds or $79.95 for the 10 amp supply at 3 pounds).

Anyone have experience with this company, have one of their products? Can
the voltage be raised internally from 13.8 vdc to 14.5 vdc so that I can
charge an internal lead acid battery in one of my QRP rigs, the K2? I want
to trickle charge the 2.9 Ah battery by leaving the P/S on continuously even
when the K2 is shut-down. Raising the voltage is recommended in the manual.
I know the Astron supplies can be adjusted internally on one of the circuit
boards. Any help, comments would be greatly appreciated, thanks. Any other
P/S that you could recommend?

Bob Wilderman, K3SRO
dlrwild1@voicenet.com


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