[TenTec] astron blows regulators

[George, W5YR]

My RS-35M came with the negative terminal connected to the chassis
internally. This is not shown on the circuit diagram.

I have also made the internal modification of adding a 10k resistor in the
input signal line to the 317 regulator chip. I float a 110 AH RV battery
across the supply in the manner of a UPS using a 20 amp circuit breaker.

73/72/oo, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas         
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe   
Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 56th year and it just keeps getting better!
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Mike Hyder -N4NT- wrote:
> 
> If you do not have the negative output post grounded directly to the cabinet
> of the Astron, then all sorts of spikes can hit the regulator and damage it.