Re: Turn on Apple to preserve it?

[russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew T. Russotto)]

In article <47deee6f$0$6737$9b4e6d93@newsspool3.arcor-online.net>,
Linards Ticmanis  <ticmanis@gmx.de> wrote:
>glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
>
>> Many switching power supplies don't like to run without
>> a load.
>
>In the sense of "they won't put out the right voltages in that case" or 
>in the sense of "they'll be damaged"? I thought it was only the former?

What the Apple ][ Reference Manual calls a "no load" condition on an
Apple power supply is a short.  In that case the supply will shut
down, start back up, shut down, start back up, etc, and make a
clicking noise while it's doing it.  If you run it with the outputs
open, I think it just won't regulate right.  Easiest thing to do is to
put something like a headlamp bulb across the 5V output.
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