I finally got my LA-1K this week and have it in line.
I am running it on a dedicated 120 V 15 AMP circuit.
So far no problems at that voltage.
20 watts drive, 600 PEP output. 25 watts drive,? 750 PEP output.
30 watts drive , 900 PEP output.
At 30 watts drive the Id is 31.1
After one hour of casual rag chewing on 75 meters this morning the amp temperature reached 36C. That was with 20 watts drive, 600 watts out.
90% of the time I will operate the amp I will not drive it with more than 25 watts drive. If they can't copy me with 750 watts then I better get on the phone and order some bigger antennas!
So it appears that the amp runs fine on 120 V. Yes I know that if I was running it on 240 the current draw would be less. However I do not operate the amp for long periods of time so
the extra current draw on 120 V is not going to cause my hydro bill to sky rocket!
A shout out to Bob W3RJP for all of your help via email.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all of the group members.
73, Rick VE3PP
