Craig wrote: > After many years continuous service my Transporter was unused for five > month while we renovated the house. Two weeks after getting it running > again it blew the mains fuse. > > I diagnosed the fault to the 5V psu before discovering this thread, I > nearly went down the Rapid Electronics route for a replacement but > realised that it's the same old design and would probably fail again > somewhere down the road so I set about finding a better replacement. > > I ended up making a direct drop in replacement using an encapsulated psu > that is rated at 20W and 4A. It also has an MTBF (Mean Time Between > Failure) of 54 years so hopefully it should last a while. > > If anyone else is interested, I should be able to build you one for > about £20 + postage. > > Craig > >
Is the offer to build one of these PSUs as a drop in replacement still valid? I'm in the UK so postage shouldn't be an issue. I'm thinking of buying a Transporter but don't fancy running it with a PSU known for getting too hot. Overrating the current by a factor of 2 is my usual margin eg. when buying LED drivers for low voltage LED bulbs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Owen Smith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42371 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100509
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