Re: Ferroresonant transformer supply repair

2019-09-10 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
It's good that these caps are so readily available. But on the other hand, I don't have any sort of power supply at all, for either of my two PDP 8/S machines. Sob. Being in a 240VAC mains country doesn't help, since I understand the original DEC supplies were 110VAC input only. But I'm not comp

Re: Ferroresonant transformer supply repair

2019-09-10 Thread ben via cctalk
On 9/8/2019 9:54 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 9/8/19 7:41 PM, Kyle Owen via cctalk wrote: I can't seem to find motor caps that meet the voltage spec of 660V. 8uF doesn't seem like a problem, but the combination together isn't looking good. Are there any specific vendors I should be look

Re: Ferroresonant transformer supply repair

2019-09-10 Thread Chris Elmquist via cctalk
On Monday (09/09/2019 at 05:55PM -0500), Kyle Owen via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 4:06 PM Marc Howard wrote: > > > BTW, Genteq is a reputable brand. It is the former GE capacitor division, > > hence the name Gen(eral Electric)teq(technology). > > > > On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 1:02 PM Ma