On 8/22/2015 2:41 PM, Jay Jaeger wrote: > > Unfortunately, bearings did not help the floppy drive, so now I am busy > taking the floppy power supply I got with my FD 100-8, making sure it is > up to spec to use with the Shugart (and correcting that if needs be), > and making it safer (mains fuse, switch) and more fault tolerant (fuse > in the 24V line, at least) and making sure all of the mains connected > innards are not exposed. Just about done with that. The +24V and -7 to > -16V are in spec, but the +5V (which, curiously for a 1A supply, does > NOT use a simple 3 terminal regulator) is a tad high, at 5.35V. I may > just change it to use a three terminal unit. >
Well, just found another reversed electrolytic - but this time the original fault was not my own. I decided to trace out this floppy supply I have had for decades (back in my original Altair days), that I got from the same guy from whom I purchased my Siemens FDD 100-8, and discovered that the electrolytic on the unregulated -7 to -16 V was reversed - installed BACKWARDS. That capacitor is now in "reform school". ;) Also, I now know why the +5 V is high. It has a UA 7805 3 terminal regulator serving as a voltage reference for a TIP-3055 so the supply can provide more current. That 7805 has a forward biased diode between the center terminal and ground, thus raising the output voltage by right around 0.5v. I expect I will leave it alone. The same design is used for the +24V, which comes out at 24.2V. So, odds are that this supply could drive two floppy drives. JRJ JRJ
