19 Sep
1998
19 Sep
'98
1:57 p.m.
On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Sam Ismail wrote:
I don't have a variac or anything and don't have the time or money to get
one, but I need to bring up an IMSAI power supply that probably hasn't
been powered in over a decade perhaps. What can I do to warm up the caps
and transformer before bringing it fully online? Anything?
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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Well, it is terribly crude, but you could put a light bulb socket in
series with one side of the mains to the PS and start off with a low
wattage bulb and work your way up.
- don