VAX 4000-500 PSU Overload?
Robert Jarratt
robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com
Fri Dec 11 11:06:08 CST 2015
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Richard
> Loken
> Sent: 11 December 2015 16:45
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
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> Subject: Re: VAX 4000-500 PSU Overload?
>
> ...
>
> My doctor once said to me that all problems in the head involve teeth and
I
> can safely make a similar exageration:
>
> All electronic failures involve capacitors
>
> And this becomes (most repulsively) even more true when switch mode
> power supplies are involved. Keeping that in mind will usually help with
> diagnosis.
>
Well, I have the exception that proves the rule. My H7864 PSU (from an rtVAX
1000, same PSU as MicroVAX II) had a switching transistor and resistor fail,
no cap failures....
:-)
Regards
Rob
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