Re: [time-nuts] HP 105B Battery the saga continues

2016-09-18 Thread Scott McGrath
That NiCad pack is part of the power supply and as Jeremy points out is part of the filter system.And so one needs to restore it as part of the instrument as even the 28V external power supply floats these cells and trips power interruption indicator if lost Power supply is not terribly

Re: [time-nuts] HP 105B Battery the saga continues

2016-09-17 Thread Jeremy Nichols
How did you come up with the 33,000 uF number, Perry, and is it one big capacitor or lots of little ones tied together? The big cap will also filter out some of the remaining ripple in the power supply that may have been managed by the ni-cad battery. Jeremy On 9/17/2016 3:50 PM, Perry

[time-nuts] HP 105B Battery the saga continues

2016-09-17 Thread Perry Sandeen via time-nuts
Hi, The battery problem becomes more convoluted every day. Due to family medical issues I have not been able to do any testing/repairing. The 105B charger is set up for nicads using some selected un-alterable charging rate so to use an internal lead acid setup requires a different ps. My unit