Posted on Friday, 18th December 2009 by Jimmy Auw

I have a short free time at the afternoon, and it’s time to test my Power Supply for my Gainclone. Powered by Talema dual secondaries, each rated at 18VAC/6.3A

psu_all

I setup basic configuration with dual bridges (8x MUR860) and 35 pcs of Black Gate F Series 680uF/65V capacitors each rail. I plan to add Snubber with new Duelund CAST Resistor and MKP1837, some bypassing with either Auricap/Mundorf/Jensen, and some experimental “off the record” LC configuration ;)

psu_positive

The last thing that I have to do is to check the voltage for the positive and negative rail. Well, I have to make sure they are within my standard of tolerance.

psu_negative

The positive rail measured at 26VDC, while the negative rail is at 25.9VDC. About 0.3% is considered OK.

Another photo below is for the close-up shoot of the capacitors.

psu_bg

It’s time to power up the Gainclone. Sorry, it’s too late. I hate to work - especially when related with something which needs extra cautious - but with less concentration. I will delay the power up of my Gainclone for few more days…


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11 Responses to “Testing My Power Supply (Still Not Yet Finished)”

  1. wednes yuda Says:
    December 19th, 2009 at 09:00

    look forward to read your next journey Mr. JA.
    seems this 1875 will look promising.



  2. Sithot28 Says:
    December 19th, 2009 at 09:17

    Kayaknya mas jimmy layak masuk rekor MURI nich, untuk kategori “Penyolder BlackGate terbanyak di Indonesia”



  3. Arie Says:
    December 21st, 2009 at 16:39

    Gemeeeeezzzzzz….. :D
    come on Oom Jim…. dah gak sabaaaaarrr… :D



  4. sopoiki Says:
    December 28th, 2009 at 02:25

    Ini proyek ‘gila’ yang bikin penasaran banyak orang …



  5. Jimmy Auw Says:
    December 28th, 2009 at 21:16

    hehehe… penasaran yach? ;)



  6. gunadi Says:
    February 4th, 2010 at 23:31

    waduh…. sudah sebulan nggak main kesini,
    belum jadi jugaaaaaaaa?

    nambah lagi nih yg enggak sabaran!



  7. Dan Lo-I Says:
    February 6th, 2010 at 06:17

    Hormat Senjataa…… Grak!!

    (pasukan khusus Lowo Item lewat soalnya….)

    :D



  8. Jimmy Auw Says:
    February 6th, 2010 at 15:23

    Biarin tambah penasaran bro… ;)



  9. Jimmy Auw Says:
    February 6th, 2010 at 15:25

    Ck ck ck… hormat balik Kumendan!!!



  10. Harlan Says:
    February 12th, 2010 at 11:18

    So I don’t under stand why you have so many Caps in a line? What does this do? Is this for Breaking them in or something else?
    However you slice it I like the website!



  11. Jimmy Auw Says:
    February 12th, 2010 at 23:13

    Hi,
    Many caps in parallel will lower the ESR which will reflect in the better supply performance.

    Thanks.



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