Re: [amsat-bb] FT-736 power supply part. Thanks everyone.
At 03:23 PM 8/7/2020 -0700, wa7fwf@gmail.com wrote:
Vince, Â The SCR looks to be the crowbar for a overvoltage, you may have something else wrong also.
http://radioaficion.com/mods/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/DL7VHFs-FT-736R-modi...
There is the schematic for a 736R, not sure what the R difference is but it lists your SCR as a 5P4M, a google search shows many available.
73 Kevin
Thanks Kevin, and everyone else for the help, I have all schematics and original manuals for the rig, but didn't have one for the PSU. Ha, Murphy's law
I think the reason the SCR finally gave out, was I kept the radio on 24/7, and there is a lot of heat in it any way. I need to make up a 12V power cord so I can power it externally.
And Talk about good luck, I also noticed I can buy the SCR on ebay, NEC brand.
Thanks again everyone for all the help.
73
And Talk about good luck, I also noticed I can buy the SCR on ebay, NEC brand.
A word of warning about eBay and out of production parts: a not-insignificant number of those are fakes.
The SCR isn't very specialized, so pick something with equivalent specs from Digikey or Mouser. They should be very cheap, and it saves you from doing the job twice when the fake one fails.
--- Zach N0ZGO
There is also a capacitor C24 that's mounted right next to where the hot SCR was, I think that should be replaced to as it looks baked. Anyone have recommendation on what type of capacitor I should use that can withstand the heat?
KB7ADL
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Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL
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Zach Metzinger