FWIW, I've had my Samlex on 24/7 for about 4 years now. This is approx. 32,000 hours with no malfunctions. The 1235 outputs into a transfer switch and the other input comes from a solar charge controller with 100W of PV on the roof. The transfer switch feeds an Optima D31 75AH battery, which feeds everything else in the shack.
"Just keeps ticking" is my observation too, but even before today I've heard of support issues. There were several mentions of this problem in private emails back to me. I've not experienced this myself, but I've never needed to contact Samlex (well... yet). Still - can't have too many power supplies! Around here, the rest of my supplies are Astron (RS50, RS35, RS20, RS11 switcher). Don't use 'em much any more.... And they are reliable but very heavy, except for the switcher. 73, matt W6NIA QRP Ranch :) Upland, CA. On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:20:48 -0400, you wrote: >I use the Samlex exclusively because I do a lot of island jumping and need >something small and light. I've had mine on several islands, made tens of >thousands of contacts with it in heat and odd voltages. Just keeps ticking. > > >Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ / J68HZ/ 8P6HK/ ZF2HZ/ PJ4HZ > >Owner - Operator >Big Signal Ranch >Staunton, Illinois > >email: [email protected] > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matt Zilmer >Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 10:55 PM >To: Randy Cook >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Power Supply > >Well, shucks. Maybe I'll have to buy one of 'em. The Samlex 1235 is >still going strong here, but can't have too many PSU's around! > >73, >matt W6NIA > >On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:51:46 -1000, you wrote: > >>Second the Powerwerx recommendation, small and quiet. I previously had two >1225 Samlex power supplies. Both died early, first one under warranty. HRO >sent the unit in for repair (apparently in Canada), took over a month to get >a replacement supply. That unit failed soon after the 90 day replacement >warranty. I gave up with them after I couldn't find a tech support person >who could help. Lots of K3'ers seem to use them successfully, however. YMMV >>73 >> >>Randy Cook - K6CRC >>[email protected] >> >> >> >> >>On Jun 12, 2013, at 6:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Power Supplies for K3 >>> Message-ID: <E5D3792E20C24B5CB4EED84D5F9106DB@wa5poklaptop> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >>> reply-type=original >>> >>> The Powerwerx is good ... been running one for about 6 months on my K3 >>> >>> 73, Mike WA5POK >> >>______________________________________________________________ >>Elecraft mailing list >>Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >>This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:[email protected] > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
