On 4/25/07, Dwayne Reid wrote: > At 10:57 AM 4/25/2007, Nate Duehr wrote: > > >The bridge rectifier was shorted after all. I could have rewired it > >to use the other side of the rectifier, but decided since I had an > >identical part sitting here for free... I'd just replace it. > > Actually, you probably could NOT have wired it to use the other side > of the rectifier. Think of it this way: with the (+) lead of the > bridge disconnected but still having one or more shorted diodes > within the bridge, what happens when you feed AC to the input of the bridge. True. Didn't think about it much, since there was a nice shiny new one sitting right there. The "low-risk" fix was staring me in the face. :-) > Nice to see that you did find and fix the problem, though. Far too > many people just chuck easily fixable and still eminently usable gear > into the trash when it dies. So true, so true. I did order a beefier (50A continuous) replacement, used, from a seller online... so I'll have a little redundancy... but I would hate to throw out a good linear PS without at least taking a look at it. Nate -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist