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==7904 PSU== | |||
Morris Odell wrote: | |||
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I had to make a test load box to run it outside the scope - the box includes a voltmeter and LED indicators for each voltage. As anyone who has had to work on one of these supplies will know, the power for the control IC is derived from a current transformer in series with the primary of the 25 kHz power transformer so you need a minimum load for the IC to be powered properly and get the supply to work. For anyone going down that path, here are the loads I used (courtesy of the junque box): | |||
+130 .. 2.2K 10 watts | |||
+ and -50 .. 250 ohms 20 watts each | |||
+ and -15 .. 82 ohms 10 watts each (I would have used lower values, perhaps 33 or 27 ohms 10 watts if I had them ) | |||
+5 .. 10 ohms (probably could use 4.7 ohms) | |||
The total load is therefore 35.6 watts. | |||
The faults I found in this supply were: | |||
Two shorted diodes in the +5 volt lamp supply - replaced with 40 volt 3 amp Schottky diodes. | |||
Several tantalum caps with high ESR but none shorted - many replaced anyway. | |||
A faulty dual transistor in the +15 supply. | |||
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Revision as of 03:16, 7 March 2022
7904 PSU
Morris Odell wrote:
I had to make a test load box to run it outside the scope - the box includes a voltmeter and LED indicators for each voltage. As anyone who has had to work on one of these supplies will know, the power for the control IC is derived from a current transformer in series with the primary of the 25 kHz power transformer so you need a minimum load for the IC to be powered properly and get the supply to work. For anyone going down that path, here are the loads I used (courtesy of the junque box):
+130 .. 2.2K 10 watts + and -50 .. 250 ohms 20 watts each + and -15 .. 82 ohms 10 watts each (I would have used lower values, perhaps 33 or 27 ohms 10 watts if I had them ) +5 .. 10 ohms (probably could use 4.7 ohms)
The total load is therefore 35.6 watts.
The faults I found in this supply were:
Two shorted diodes in the +5 volt lamp supply - replaced with 40 volt 3 amp Schottky diodes. Several tantalum caps with high ESR but none shorted - many replaced anyway. A faulty dual transistor in the +15 supply.