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Viscount 1240 melting battery
Chas
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10-12-2024, 02:30 PM
There may be a RF bypass condenser across the battery pack. Possibly 10mf that may have failed.

Icon_biggrin Are you sure batteries installed correctly? Radio may want two strings of cells in parallel. Flipping cells in one string would cause a short...

There may also be a diode isolation from the AC supply, that has failed short.

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Viscount 1240 melting battery - by bridkarl - 10-11-2024, 07:06 PM
RE: Viscount 1240 melting battery - by Chas - 10-12-2024, 02:30 PM
RE: Viscount 1240 melting battery - by David - 10-17-2024, 07:16 PM
RE: Viscount 1240 melting battery - by Chas - 10-17-2024, 07:25 PM
RE: Viscount 1240 melting battery - by David - 10-17-2024, 09:16 PM
RE: Viscount 1240 melting battery - by radiorich - 10-18-2024, 08:18 AM
RE: Viscount 1240 melting battery - by RodB - 10-18-2024, 10:49 AM



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