RLN1014A battery eliminator

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radiomanconor
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RLN1014A battery eliminator

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hi all
I have just acquired a Motorola rln1014a battery eliminator for the mts2000/ht1000 ect and have a few questions if anybody can help
does the dc input have to be 7.5v or can 12/13v be used.
Also there is bullet lead for mobile radios, is this to power the mobile radio when the battery eliminator is powered from a dc supply if so
again what voltage is used. Any help would be great as I would like to set this up for powering my handhelds and mobiles while programming
If any one has a manual of this it would be great.Thanks
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Re: RLN1014A battery eliminator

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I can NOT say IF the 'battery eliminator' has a voltage regulator in it. I doubt they had a regulator, maybe a blocking/reverse polarity diode. These were used on the test bench.
The dual banana plug was for DC input. You could measure the voltage on the 'battery contacts'.

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Re: RLN1014A battery eliminator

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Hi will
thanks for the reply.I do know the handhelds are 7.5v dc input but what is confusing me is the mobile radio lead on the eliminator I would guess this is to power mobile radios maybe I am wrong but would imagine they need 13.8v or so.There does not seem to a lot on the about these as they seem to be rare.
If anyone has one they might let me know.
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Re: RLN1014A battery eliminator

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According to the paperwork that comes with them it's designed to run off of a 7.5VDC supply of at least 5A current capacity.
It has an SCR crowbar overvoltage protection circuit and reverse polarity protection.

The other connector that looks like a mobile power plug is a power take-off to power an RLN-4018 test fixture, it warns you not to input power to that connector, as damage to the radio may result.
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Re: RLN1014A battery eliminator

Post by radiomanconor »

Thank you jack,
That's just the info I needed your a star.
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