[TenTec] Care and Feeding of Centurions

[Bry Carling]

Keep a spare transformer handy. They are $565.00 plus CRATING charge AND shipping from Tentec. Not sure where they get them but guess there is some mark up. The insulation gets cracked, old, dry and weak after 20 plus years from what I hear, and a lot of them are failing now.

I didn't know about this when I bought my Centurion this fall. I was only advised to stay away from the solid state TT amplifiers. 

You live and learn. Still bears buying a new $3500 to $9500 kilowatt amplifier.

YMMV
Bry AF4K

Best regards - Bry Carling



> On Feb 2, 2014, at 2:26 PM, Richards <jrichards at k8jhr.com> wrote:
> 
> I don't want to derail the thread about Bry's injured Centurion ...
> so I pose this question in a new thread:
> 
>        What can one do (beyond not running it to
>        extremes and stressing it) to prevent problems
>        from occurring?   Can we perform any any sort
>        of preventive maintenance that might avert
>        issues from arising as our Centurions get older?
> 
> 
> Thank you.
> 
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