general hp 40

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general hp 40

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Post by drew434 »

i was wondering if it would hurt the amp part in my general hp 40 if i put a swing kit in it thank you

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I'm guessing you meant a General Lee HP40W, I don't see any benefit from doing this, the radio is a single mosfet final driving the 4 mosfet amplifier. In the worst case it would possibly overdrive the amp and sound terrible, most likely popping a couple of fet's.

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Post by jon6667 »

yep what he said. i dont get it. people buy a nice radio. the first thing they do is start butchering it up with crap mods. use it as it is. not worth blowing finals to get a few extra watts out of them.when i had my shop i had a sign on the door no swing mods or limiters removed at this shop. move on to the truck stop.
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