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Drake L7

tm303 #111 I have obtained a Drake L7 amp from an estate. It had lightning damage to the power supply. I need to replace a couple capacitors and diodes. Has anyone rebuilt this supply? I read somewhere on the Net that a complete board can be purchased from a company in California but I lost the info. Any suggestions? Tom W8JWN
craxd #123 Tom, If the board isn't damaged (traces burnt off), I'd just repair it. I'd think that would be the cheaper way to go. First thing I'd do is to make sure the lightning didn't short out the power transformer(s). If it did, your going to be into some cost. At that, it may be better to just sell it off and try to get your money back, unless you want to repair it. It's a matter of what the cost is as compared to the worth of the amp, plus if you want to do that amount of work. The L7 if I recall does sell pretty high on ebay starting at around ($800 plus). Best, Will toggle quoted message Show quoted text --- In ham_amplifiers@..., "tm303" <tmartin@...> wrote: I have obtained a Drake L7 amp from an estate. It had lightning damage to the power supply. I need to replace a couple capacitors and diodes. Has anyone rebuilt this supply? I read somewhere on the Net that a complete board can be purchased from a company in California but I lost the info. Any suggestions? Tom W8JWN
Jan Erik Holm SM2EKM All Messages By This Member #138 I agree with Will. Why rebuild, I would just fix whats broken and continue to use it. 73 Jim SM2EKM -------------------- tm303 wrote: toggle quoted message Show quoted text I have obtained a Drake L7 amp from an estate. It had lightning damage to the power supply. I need to replace a couple capacitors and diodes. Has anyone rebuilt this supply? I read somewhere on the Net that a complete board can be purchased from a company in California but I lost the info. Any suggestions? Tom W8JWN

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