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Re: Reviving Spock



BLuRry wrote:
Although something tells me that the components on the vulcan power
board don't like being grounded out.  It lets the magic smoke out of
any fuses you try to insert into it afterwards.  From the +5, -5, +12
and -12 voltage outputs I still manage to get a whopping +0v, -0v, +0v
and -0v respectively.

The fact that all voltages are "off" indicates that the problem is on
the primary side of the switching transformer, not the secondary side.

Fuse, bridge, switching transistor, transformer primary are the likely
suspects.  And I agree that if the bridge is blown, the transistor
should also be replaced.  Then if the transformer is blown, you need a
new supply.  ;-(

-michael

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