Re: Kenwood R-5000 with RS-232, level converter and Int'l Radio 6kHz filter



BDK wrote:

In article <1181822172.907047.29480@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
hjsjms@xxxxxx says...
On Jun 14, 3:01 am, JeroenK <i...@xxxxxx> wrote:
Roadie wrote:
If you would have taken
the cover off, it was more than obvious. I wonder how many R5000's
failed due to one of those regs cooking itself to death.

I haven't heard of one. The receiver has been around since 1987 so I
would assume that stories of R5000 receivers burning up from "super
heat" would be all over the net by now. How many failures have you
read of that are traceable to overheating. Indeed how many of those
receivers have failed for any reason. Not many in my experience.

Dont know either, but I know mine ran HOT. And just for the lost energy
alone it was enough for me to decide and buy an external 13,8v supply.
Now I can safely put something on top of the rx again (like a logbook or
guide) without having to worry about all that heat...

--
JeroenK

And I've owned stereos that put out some heat but ran for years. The
real question is whether Kenwood engineers considered the heat in the
radio design. Given the radio's excellent design, high performance
and record of reliability I suspect they did. The radio was well
vented so the heat was dissipated.



And that excellent design, did it extend to the stock wide AM filter?

Sure, it did. It's just that out X number of receivers sold it may not be worth
the cost of installing the 'better' filter from the get go.

Those who are a bit more of an aficionado will spend the extra money, most
won't.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Drake R7, R8, R8A and R8B



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