14 Jul
2021
14 Jul
'21
6:56 a.m.
The 6000 is not like that. After the inlet box the
three phases go to the power conditioner which has a 3-phase thyristor controlled
rectifier. From there its 300v up to the regulators. I remember my 11/780 was like you
described.
Oh, that shouldn't be too bad then: Most good networking power supplies
step the 120/208/240 input up to a 300v interstage voltage before
feeding the various supplies (48v, 12v, etc). In fact I have taken Cisco
6009 power supplies apart to get the juicy 300v for building a quick and
dirty pack charger for my truck (you can mod the supply to deliver up to
390v constant voltage instead of 300v).
So get a few of these, have them power the 300v rail and you're in
business. The older Vaxes had linear power supplies if I recall up to
the time of the Decsystem/2020 (when they went switching at last)
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