[TenTec] Centurion Tranformer Shrot Circuit

[Rob Atkinson, K5UJ]

Do yourself a favor and get the Peter W. Dahl replacement plate transformer 
for the Centurion and put it in, or get the Ten Tec service dept. to do it.  
They will swear up and down that their xformer is okay but I went through 
two of theirs before I got the Dahl.  Because my Centurion was already in 
their service dept. I asked them to install the Dahl and got an argument 
about that.  I had to basically demand that they put it in.  This prob. has 
been gg on for years--I bought my Centurion in 2001.  I frankly do not 
understand why they don't use a decent h.v. transformer in the Centurion.  
Based on all the bad news over the past few years with regard to the 
Centurion B+ transformer, if I were in the market for a new 3-500 amp I'd go 
with the AL-82.  I have had the Dahl in mine for two years now--no trouble 
at all.  My Centurion is now a decent desktop 3-500 amp.

GL

Rob / k5uj

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