Re: [time-nuts] 15 volt power supply for FE-5680A on eBay

2012-01-21 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Chris Albertson albertson.ch...@gmail.comwrote: What I bought is a 15V open frame supply from allelectronics.com for $11.50. It turned out to be a very high quality power supply (Digikey has the same unit for almost $40) This PS does not drop volts even with

Re: [time-nuts] 15 volt power supply for FE-5680A on eBay

2012-01-21 Thread David
On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:20:39 -0600, Paul F. Sehorne p...@sehorne.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Chris Albertson albertson.ch...@gmail.comwrote: What I bought is a 15V open frame supply from allelectronics.com for $11.50. It turned out to be a very high quality power supply

Re: [time-nuts] 15 volt power supply for FE-5680A on eBay

2012-01-21 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
I'll have to set up the test again and measure voltage drop across the leads and the voltage directly at the power supply supply terminals. On 1/21/2012 5:34 PM, David wrote: On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:20:39 -0600, Paul F. Sehorne p...@sehorne.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Chris

Re: [time-nuts] 15 volt power supply for FE-5680A on eBay

2012-01-21 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
Good that you pointed that out to me. I ran the test again. The voltage at the power supply terminals never dropped below 15.25 vdc with up to 3 amp load applied. When will I learn... darn those clip leads got me... again. On 1/21/2012 5:34 PM, David wrote: The total regulation

Re: [time-nuts] 15 volt power supply for FE-5680A on eBay

2012-01-21 Thread Chris Albertson
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Paul F. Sehorne p...@sehorne.org wrote: Good that you  pointed that out to me. I ran the test again.  The voltage at the power supply terminals never dropped below 15.25 vdc with up to 3 amp load applied.  When will I learn... darn those clip leads got me...

Re: [time-nuts] 15 volt power supply for FE-5680A on eBay

2012-01-20 Thread shalimr9
power supply for FE-5680A on eBay Pete Thank you this is valuable info. I noticed that an effort is underway to centralize info on the 5680. Would be nice if some one with time and software expertize would combine all the information. I cut and paste what ever I find on the list

Re: [time-nuts] 15 volt power supply for FE-5680A on eBay

2012-01-20 Thread Rob Kimberley
-nuts] 15 volt power supply for FE-5680A on eBay Pete Thank you this is valuable info. I noticed that an effort is underway to centralize info on the 5680. Would be nice if some one with time and software expertize would combine all the information. I cut and paste what ever I find on the list

Re: [time-nuts] 15 volt power supply for FE-5680A on eBay

2012-01-20 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
Correcting link http://www.ko4bb.com/dokuwiki/doku.php On 1/20/2012 10:47 AM, shali...@gmail.com wrote: I started a wiki page with the pin-out information ans was planning to copy the most interesting posts, but I do not have one, so the incentive is pretty low at this point. If you want

Re: [time-nuts] 15 volt power supply for FE-5680A on eBay

2012-01-19 Thread EWKehren
Pete Thank you this is valuable info. I noticed that an effort is underway to centralize info on the 5680. Would be nice if some one with time and software expertize would combine all the information. I cut and paste what ever I find on the list and will be glad to forward it to a volunteer.

Re: [time-nuts] 15 volt power supply for FE-5680A on eBay

2012-01-19 Thread EWKehren
With the # of units in the hands of list members it makes sense to coordinate tests, characterizing the unit. The PICTIC is probably the only other device having that kind of penetration. Bert Kehren In a message dated 1/18/2012 8:17:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, li...@rtty.us writes:

[time-nuts] 15 volt power supply for FE-5680A on eBay

2012-01-18 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
How important is the 15vdc at the initial startup 2amp, and then how important at the .7 amp settled rate? I just received two of these http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=280439877318 Unloaded voltage is ~15.5vdc. At 700 ma voltage drops to 14.3 volts and with 2 amp load drops

Re: [time-nuts] 15 volt power supply for FE-5680A on eBay

2012-01-18 Thread Chris Albertson
I used a variable voltage bench supply to experiment. tried low voltage like you are seeing on my FE5680 and I never got a lock. The FE5680A spec sheet says 15 to 18 volts and I think you can get buy with 14.5V. i tried 12.5 and got nothing I did not test to find the breaking point But 1/2

Re: [time-nuts] 15 volt power supply for FE-5680A on eBay

2012-01-18 Thread Bob Camp
Hi I think you would want something with better regulation to really get the Rb to perform well. Bob On Jan 18, 2012, at 6:05 PM, Paul F. Sehorne p...@sehorne.org wrote: How important is the 15vdc at the initial startup 2amp, and then how important at the .7 amp settled rate? I just

Re: [time-nuts] 15 volt power supply for FE-5680A on eBay

2012-01-18 Thread paul swed
I think it is important. The specs say 15-18V. So I would not drop below the spec. Though interestingly pretty much everything inside the system is using switching supplies so perhaps there is more room. The gtood thing about the switchers is that as the input V goes up current should go down if

Re: [time-nuts] 15 volt power supply for FE-5680A on eBay

2012-01-18 Thread Peter Bell
One of the regulators (the one that runs the lamp and lamp heater) is running at 13.8V and has a 500mV dropout voltage, so there is very little (~ 700mV) headroom. The one that runs the cell heater is about a volt lower and the one that runs the analog circuits is set to 8.8V, so has plenty of