You just connect the two sense terminals together.
Jim W4KY
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Reid <kh7m@hsa-kauai.net>
To: tentec@contesting.com <tentec@contesting.com>; Mike R. <n4zn@amsat.org>;
Jim <jeeves@mindspring.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sunday, December 26, 1999 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] RE: Hercules Ps
>
>Hi again,
>
>Mike, N4ZN wrote:
>
>> Yes... the Astron RS70M has provisions for
>>piggybacking...
>
>And Jim, W4KY wrote:
>
>>For several years now, I have used two Astron 70s in
>>parallel for my Hercules II. I get 550 to 600 Watts out and
>>have never had any kind of problem.
>
>Well, after doing a bit more checking, and as I
>already have one 70M supply, it just might be
>the way to go; i.e., buy another 70M and
>parallel them.
>
>Several risks and cautions have been brought up
>about the battery idea. Also the Kauai price of
>T105 Trojan batteries out here, plus the cost of a
>proper deep cycle charger, around $155 on the
>mainland, actually approaches the cost of a new
>70M . (I will have the total cost of ocean freight
>and handling to the island to pay no matter what
>is purchased, hi. BTW, the XYL paid $1.79/lb
>today for some lettuce at the Big Save grocery
>here on Kauai today!! Shipping bites us every
>day).
>
>Mike, Jim: is any special set up required to parallel
>the 70M's, (sensing interconnect or ?) or do you just
>go ahead and do it? I have a 70M, but no manual
>for it, and no info at the Astron web site about this
>issue of paralleling.
>
>Zeroing in on solutions to the solid state linear powering
>question.
>
>73, Jim, KH7M
>
>
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