I you search around, you can find power conditioners on decommisioned industrial control systems. I protect my HT equipment with a 2KVA Sola MRC Series voltage regulator. It was on a piece of equipment outside of a manufacturing plant. I asked the plant manager how much he wanted for it. He said to take it before the equipment was scrapped. This regulator not only protects my equipment against brownouts but also neutralizes 60 HZ harmonics. The toys that are sold to consumers can't touch this device. And it didn't cost me a dime.
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Power Supply/Conditioner
Has anyone ever built a power conditioner/supply DIY? I'm not willing to spend thousands of dollars for a small (depends on who you ask, I know) improvement, but, I would be willing to build something myself for $200-500. Just wondering.
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Nothing but nothing beats huge hunks of iron for regulation and
spike removal.
Here is my latest acquisition.
http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/equioutside.jpg
and what is inside
http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/equiinside.jpg
For sizing, the bricks on the walls are 12 inches wide...
total price, 3 beers. One for each of the 3 people i used to
help me get the thing off the wall. Its heavy.
Can run most of a house on this one (10kw)
spike removal.
Here is my latest acquisition.
http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/equioutside.jpg
and what is inside
http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/equiinside.jpg
For sizing, the bricks on the walls are 12 inches wide...
total price, 3 beers. One for each of the 3 people i used to
help me get the thing off the wall. Its heavy.
Can run most of a house on this one (10kw)
kevin:
That's really impressive. Did you wind the transformer yourself? Or is it a component from a partial accelerator? It sure beats my Sola. I bet it runs cooler too.
That's really impressive. Did you wind the transformer yourself? Or is it a component from a partial accelerator? It sure beats my Sola. I bet it runs cooler too.
THAT'S ONE BIG DOUGHNUT!!!!!!
Kevin, exactly what type of tranformer is this?....I know it's a toroid, but what are it's characteristic electrical properties?.....isolation?
Kevin, exactly what type of tranformer is this?....I know it's a toroid, but what are it's characteristic electrical properties?.....isolation?
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Or is it a component from a partial accelerator? It sure beats my Sola. I bet it runs cooler too.
You mean particle accelerator. We have a bunch of them at fermi. They
make this thing look tiny. How cool it runs depends on how much
power you are putting thru it. At 10kw rated, it is 95% efficient which
means 500 watts is going into heat. Which is why there is a fan in
the cabinet. Still efficiency wise, beats the crap out of solid state
power regenerators. Reliability wise, this thing will last 100 years.
Something no power regenerator can do.
The transformer is either made by, or made for equi=tech. Bifilar wound.
Maybe gapped, don't know. 120hz harmonics down more than 80db.
Even a square wave in results in a sine wave out. Isolation rated
at 120db. I'm told the purchase price was about $4000. Cheap for
what it does.
Or is it a component from a partial accelerator? It sure beats my Sola. I bet it runs cooler too.
You mean particle accelerator. We have a bunch of them at fermi. They
make this thing look tiny. How cool it runs depends on how much
power you are putting thru it. At 10kw rated, it is 95% efficient which
means 500 watts is going into heat. Which is why there is a fan in
the cabinet. Still efficiency wise, beats the crap out of solid state
power regenerators. Reliability wise, this thing will last 100 years.
Something no power regenerator can do.
The transformer is either made by, or made for equi=tech. Bifilar wound.
Maybe gapped, don't know. 120hz harmonics down more than 80db.
Even a square wave in results in a sine wave out. Isolation rated
at 120db. I'm told the purchase price was about $4000. Cheap for
what it does.
??? If it passes a square wave how does it block spikes? Both have high frequency components.
Sorry, I thought:
"Even a square wave in results in a sine wave out"
Meant that if a square wave signal was sent to the primary it would come out on the secondary.
"Even a square wave in results in a sine wave out"
Meant that if a square wave signal was sent to the primary it would come out on the secondary.
So, any thoughts on how to build one from scratch? Or from scrap like stant843 mentioned? Thanks.
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