About 75% went thru the ground path. The 10 ga to the rig went from Astron to a battery switching device in case of power outage, to rig runner and to rig. So 4 sets of power pole connectors plus 2 fuses. I’m thinking of changing some of that too. The voltage at the rig, K3, now drops a volt when putting out 100 Watts.
Chuck Jack KE9UW Sent from my iPhone, cjack > On Apr 16, 2018, at 3:14 PM, Wes Stewart <wes_n...@triconet.org> wrote: > > I would hope that "much of the current..." wasn't really much. The direct > conductor from the negative terminal of the power supply to the radio should > carry the majority of the supply current, > > Wes N7WS > >> On 4/15/2018 7:38 PM, hawley, charles j jr wrote: >> This thread prompted me to check out my Astron vs35m. It had a small black >> wire from -V connected to the bottom of the chassis. Perhaps it could be >> called a case or cabinet...more importantly, it’s what the green wire from >> the line cord is connected to. I disconnected the black wire. When it was >> connected, much of the current that would have passed thru the negative >> power wire from the power supply to the rig was shunted thru the green power >> cord wire, the ground buss bar, and other ground connections. >> >> Chuck Jack >> KE9UW >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to c-haw...@illinois.edu ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
