[BC] FMQ10000 How to get the chokes out...

[Andy Soule]

Thanks Chuck.  I got it done with only a few minor scrapes.  I made a
slip 'n slide rig so I could easily get the chokes in and out without
moving the plate xfmr.  This thing has been out of service over a
year.  So the HV supply is in good shape again, but I have found
control ladder problems.  All those push buttons on the front seem to
have questionable contacts, so my next task to clean all those and the
control ladder relays up.

Andy Soule

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 12:08 AM, c gennaro <cvgennaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> Andy;
>
> I've had the joy of removing those chokes. There just isn't any easy
> way to get to them.  The "front" of the internal cabinet doesn't come
> apart, the only way to remove them is to remove the rectifiers and the
> HV transformer and pull them out the back.
> The rectifier panel should come out as an assembly, IIRC the stacks
> are mounted to a metal panel that detaches. It's been a while though.
> I remember being tempted to grab a metal box and put that HV assembly
> in it like Energy Onyx does, lol.
> The top half of that transmitter cabinet is basically empty, you'd
> think they could've  put that space to better use so the bottom half
> wasn't so cramped.  Oh well.
>
> If your transmitter is missing the R/C snubber (red plastic capacitor
> on top and just behind the rectifier board), it'd be a good time to
> add that as well.  Some of those transmitters were shipped without it.
>
> Good luck, and bring a fresh box of band-aids.   You'll need them.
> Every metal edge in there is carefully hand-sharpened.  :(
>
> Chuck Gennaro
> Central Wisconsin
>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Andy Soule <andysoule at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have to swap out some burned up chokes in this beast.  They sure
>> didn't make it easy to get them out.  Buried behind a panel loaded
>> with the rectifiers and resistors.  Looks like I will have to
>> disconnect a fair amount of these to move the panel out of the way,
>> and lifting the heavy chokes in and out wont be a picnic, even if the
>> path was clear.  Anyone been here and done that and have some tips?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Andy Soule
>> Mostly on the beach.
>>
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