[TenTec] Airpax Fuses?

[J. W. (Dub) Thornton]

Here's a few notes I have on the breakers:  This was in 2K, but the info 
should be helpful, even if prices &
dealer may be outdated.

Dub

2/14/00 The circuit breakers for Ten Tec radios are becoming very hard to 
find.  Wards
Marine Sales in Fla now only handles the slow acting breakers (per info 
from Ten Tec reflector)  The breaker Ten Tec sold for years for their 100W 
radios was a T-11-0-18.0V
unit, which is only available as a special order item from MFR, with huge 
min order.
Poco Sales, Chattsworth, CA. Pho 818 700-8727 handles the “FAST” acting 
breaker,
T-11-1-20.0A-01-11C-V for $8.67?? ea, with min order of $25.00.  The number 
tells speed, amps, etc.  T11=model #, -0=instant, -1=fast, -2=slow (I don’t 
have precise times relating to any, but saw the instant referred to as 
<100ms on Ten Tec Reflector).  Also
info posted that Larry ??? from Ten Tec recommended getting the –1 FAST 
unit, as he felt the –0 INSTANT unit might trigger more readily than 
necessary.  Also stated that
Ten Tec finals should withstand the 20 amps of current for the brief period 
of time as allowed by the FAST units.  10 amp units for Argosy & 5amp units 
for C-22 are available from AirPax (thru Poco Sales), however orders are 
taking about 2 months for dely at this time .



At 11:05 AM 1/14/2005, you wrote:
>Hello to all,
>I've read a couple of times about the value of using an Airpax type fuse 
>when running a Ten Tec rig off of a non-TT power supply.  I would 
>appreciate any info from the group on which of the Airpax products are 
>best for this application (thermal? magnetic?), whether there are other 
>fuse products that are better, and suggestions on where to purchase the 
>fuse.  off-list responses are fine, especially if this has been covered 
>many times in the past. Thanks &