[TenTec] Circuit breaker tripping excessively

[Richard Detweiler]

can give TT a call,  they will have a better 'history' of probable causes 
for a symptom.

Might want to check the band switch just in case the connections are getting 
intermittant,

Hope it's not the radio,

Best wishes,
Rich
K5SF


>From: Craig Roberts <crgrbrts at verizon.net>
>Reply-To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
>To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
>Subject: [TenTec] Circuit breaker tripping excessively
>Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 01:42:20 -0500
>
>My Argosy II / Model 225 power supply combo began acting oddly tonight.
>On 20 meters and above, the power supply's circuit breaker is tripping
>when the rig is keyed -- even when working into a dummy load.  Antenna
>connections are fine.  This behavior began tonight -- I've never had it
>before and nothing been changed i the station setup..
>
>So, it appears that either the current sensing circuit has gone bad or
>the rig really is drawing excess current on the higher bands.  I'm
>baffled. I reset the tripping point in the power supply, but that's not
>the way to fix this.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Many thanks and 73,
>
>Craig
>W3CRR
>_______________________________________________
>TenTec mailing list
>TenTec at contesting.com
>http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec

_________________________________________________________________
MSN Shopping has everything on your holiday list. Get expert picks by style, 
age, and price. Try it! 
http://shopping.msn.com/content/shp/?ctId=8000,ptnrid=176,ptnrdata=200601&tcode=wlmtagline