8 Jun
2010
8 Jun
'10
12:04 a.m.
On Monday (06/07/2010 at 07:40PM +0100), Tony Duell wrote:
You bet. Will report on what I find.
True... but they also rarely used the horrendous kludge of a supply the
thing has it now so I am not bothered by this sort of change for this
particular machine. The end result is that the thing will be many,
many pounds lighter ;-)
Chris
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Chris Elmquist
Yup. Have a
wattmeter and can make this measurement... however only
after desoldering all the connections from the transformer to the
chassis mounted bridge and the bridge mounted on a PCB since none of
this is connectorized.
As you're considering replacing the transformer anyway, I think I would
disconnect the secondary leads and do the test just for fun. I like to
know exactly what's failed and how :-) I have another
homebrew S100 machine from the same era and it too has
a marginal power supply... but I won't think twice about rebuilding
that one with a set of switchers. It has no pedigree or authentity to
I probably wouldn't just because S100 boxen rarel used SMPSUs. But it's a
personal choice.