On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 2:18 PM, David Riley <fraveydank at gmail.com> wrote:
On Jul 29, 2012, at 5:37 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven
wrote:
The measurements were taken with the power
distribution board and
minimum load module plugged in; I don't want to plug any other modules
in while the power looks like this. Is there any documentation
available on this power supply? Or, does anyone have an idea as to
what's going on here? The 6 Hz frequency strikes me as odd...
Looks like "motorboating" to me; low-frequency oscillations due to a
feedback loop in the power supply forming a relaxation oscillator.
In my tube amps (which is where I usually see that), it's often a
result of the power supply's output impedance being too high. A
failing cap is often to blame; check your output caps?
Replacing the output caps on the 7213 power supply fixed the VBB
output. However, the + and - 15 V outputs are now completely dead. I'm
fairly certain those voltages were ok when I started. These are from
the 7211 module.
Not having any schematics, I traced a few wires. Looks like there's
circa +160V and -160V and +14V and -14V coming from the main regulator
(H7200). The 7211, like the 7213, uses a 3527A, which is driven by a
32.5 KHz clock signal from the main regulator. No picofuses anywhere
as far as I can tell.
Camiel.