To wit, I have a 50 amp PSU built and sold by Hewlett-Packard. The fins
are horizontal.
It would appear that vertical fins would be better in as much as warm
air rises as opposed to horizontal fins, which with most Tentec radios
tilted upward for ease of operation and view of the front panel, will
cause the heat to rise into the radio.
Bob K4TAX
Duane Budd wrote:
>
> All this talk about horizontal fins is quite interesting. But
> since warmed air rises, it would not appear to me that it would be
> very hindered by a flat surface, open on 3 sides.
>
> No one has mentioned it, but the fins on the 100-amp power supply
> Ten-Tec builds for the Hercules can be, apparently, used either
> way - there are rubber feet that permit setting the unit with the
> fins horizontal or vertical.
>
> 73,
>
> Budd, W5BEN
> w5ben@arrl.net
> Johnson City, in northeast TN
>
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