[TenTec] 422 Centurion blowing fuses...

[Mike Bryce]

Brian, Bob, and the group,

Let me pop in here with a bit of wisdom and a question

was the $385 rewind from ten-tec or from another company?

If if remember correctly, ten tec had some issues with their transformers used in some of the amps.

If you have it rewound by a third party, you might end up with a better unit than a new one from the factory.

Personally, an external high voltage power source always scares the snot out of me. It’d keep it factory and used either rebuilt or new. 

Mike Bryce wb8vge
prosolar at sssnet.com



On Jan 31, 2014, at 7:39 AM, Bry Carling <bcarling at cfl.rr.com> wrote:

> Thanks so much Bob... The choices are rough - $500 plus shipping for a new transformer 
> from Tentec or $385 plus shipping both ways for a rewind job!
> 
> Yes, we get lightning, but this occurred when there was no lightning...
> 
> Any thoughts or ideas are appreciated. I may have to go with an external power supply...
> 
> Brian AF4K
> 
> 
> On 30 Jan 2014 at 22:05, Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:
> 
>> Sorry to learn of the bad news.
>> 
>> There are companies around that can rewind/rebuild that transformer.
>> Certainly worth checking into as opposed to engineering some other
>> transformer in its place.
>> Per chance have you had a lightning strike lately?  That will do
>> it.
>> 
>> 73
>> Bob, K4TAX
>>