Not sure about the Viking II, but in the Valiant, the internal fuse is only in the primary of the HV xfmr. The line plug fuses protect evertything else. I replaced the single internal fuseholder with a double one and used the second holder for a single fuse in the hot side of the line only and replaced the line cord with a 3 conductor and "3 prong prang".
Dave, VE1ADH ----- Original Message ---- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: amradio@mailman.qth.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 11:41:07 AM Subject: [AMRadio] THE VIKING II AND FRIED HAM Hi Ed, You are correct and I noticed that after I posted. In the Viking II, there is an additional fuse in the primary circuit which is mounted in a holder on the chassis. Not so in the Ranger where the fuses are in that infamous fused plug. My original V II came with the fused plug and the internal fuse. The only possible reason I can see for this was to protect the antenna relay socket regardless of which way the line cord was plugged into the wall outlet. Seems like the engineers would have just put the hot side of the socket on the other side of the fuse and one problem would have been solved. Thanks for your comments, 73, John, W4AWM ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
