I've had one of mine running on a bench supply for about 2 days now. Have just tried turning the voltage down, and things started to get unstable at around 12.5V. It didn't drop out of lock however until about 9V.
Rob Kimberley -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Gottlieb Sent: 20 January 2012 04:16 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A Voltage tolerance When I got my first unit I hooked it up to my protoboard power supply which is rated at 15 volts 0.5 amps and 5 volts 1 amp. I was annoyed that it took about 10 minutes to lock up until I realized the 15 volt supply was down near 11.5 volts. Oops. Substituting my small B&K bench supply (good for up to 3 amps) resulted in a lock in under a couple of minutes. Perhaps my unit's internal adjustments are still just about right. It would be nice to get the alignment procedure for the thing, but I suppose, fat chance of that. Peter On 1/19/2012 6:45 PM, gonzo . wrote: > Experiment for the day. > I thought I'd follow Dons quote and see how tolerant my unit is. > My benchmark is at 15.5V it locks in about 3min. > I backed off the supply to 10.8V and the lock time (from cold) is 8min. > > I thought this was interesting given several people report they are unable to get a lock when running lower voltage. > > ian > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1416 / Virus Database: 2109/4754 - Release Date: 01/19/12 > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
