Fixing a LQ-521 power supply. The output was stuck at 40V and there was nothing on the display. Teardown pictures can be found here: www.kerrywong.com/2016/05/07/l...
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@justicelut Жыл бұрын
Leaving that cable diagram saved you a headache Kerry, good fix, thanks!
@ChipGuy7 жыл бұрын
Nice repair and now you have a high quality power suppy, please clean up the front and make it look nice again....
@PapasDino8 жыл бұрын
Glad it was an easy fix Kerry. Two things, first although we all love our better halves I'd take off the wedding ring when poking around a circuit that can deliver high voltage/current and second for the long term health of that supply I'd change out the resistor that "smoked" since it probably was severely heat stressed. Now that the nit-picking is over, good job, always enjoy following along with your adventures! ;-)
@KerryWongBlog8 жыл бұрын
+Dino Papas Thanks for the suggestions! I will keep that in mind. Regarding the burnt resistor, I will definitely replace it once I have a suitable one. It's a 182 Ohm 1% film resistor. I didn't have one on hand.
@PapasDino8 жыл бұрын
+Kerry Wong Having been on the wrong side of a 600VDC supply in a ham radio transmitter I was building in high school (back in the dark ages!) I'm a firm believer in the no jewelry and one hand in the back pocket rules! Keep the videos coming!
@saarike7 жыл бұрын
Nice repair and now you have good power supply with current limitation.
@johnsampson10963 жыл бұрын
Good video Kerry! I was a technician for 20 years and used to keep a log of any tough problems I found. You'd think once you go through fixing a tough dog, you would not forget the solution. So wrong! Just subscribed to your channel. BTW it seems like a great supply. I'm searching for a small linear supply that will output 0-20 volts at 450 ma. It has to be quiet a possible to be used for RF. Cheers, John
@BrendaEM4 жыл бұрын
I have a pair of LP-532 FM's. So far one checks out. I will have to take a look at the other. These have analog meters, and 60v. The wiring may be messy, but this one lasted quite a long time. I may recap mine. I likely will shoot a video of it.
@voltlog8 жыл бұрын
Nice repair video, another piece of kit saved from going to the dumpster.
@KerryWongBlog8 жыл бұрын
+VoltLog Thanks!
@jp0407596 жыл бұрын
Cool. Congrats. I picked one up not working also. Luckily mine was an easy fix. The display was dead on mine also. Turned out the power supply driving the display had bad filter caps. You might want to change out some of those silver caps with the red tips on them on yours. A couple looked like they were bulging.
@KerryWongBlog6 жыл бұрын
Great! Thanks!
@PelDaddy8 жыл бұрын
Nice video. Glad it was an easy fix. I am a big fan of Lambda products. I have a few of their older supplies, and some new switch mode (non-lab) supplies. All are rock solid. Keep an eye on those old capacitors on the control board. I have had to replace them in my supplies. They go high ESR and the units cannot put out their rated current. Does yours have a nasty overshoot, or is it a meter issue when the display jumps up to over 60V when you first switch it on late in the video (a meter with min/max or a scope will tell you of course). Thanks again.
@KerryWongBlog8 жыл бұрын
+PelDaddy I think it's a meter issue. I did a single shot with my scope during turning on and the curve is pretty smooth, without any overshot. Those caps are fine for now, but I probably should change them down the road as these old caps could fail at any time.
@danjenlilyful6 жыл бұрын
Hey man, I have one of these that is like new in the garage, have no idee what it was, googling it to find out what it was and found ur video... gosh what u didn't mention was how damn heavy they are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mine is a LQ-532... if you or anyone is interested in it I can toss it on my ebay sales account just let me know!
@XFolf5 жыл бұрын
Just snagged a 531 with the same condition on the output.. peaked inside, oh dang... banks of transistors. Looks like I'm gonna have fun!
@KerryWongBlog5 жыл бұрын
It's a pretty decent power supply, I am sure you'll enjoy it.
@romanjackiw71822 жыл бұрын
Good afternoon, master Please see the schematic diagram of this power supply! Thank you, sir !!!
@keithcitizen48554 жыл бұрын
Wow , those to 3 packs , I thought they only came only as 317regs or transistors
@peteb26 жыл бұрын
Dang, take the ring off your finger when working on stuff like this, if not for the safety practice but to ensure you never risk making a very short someplace that damages more parts and makes for more work .... (speaking from personal experience).... :-)
@Fluterra5 жыл бұрын
I have the similar 531 which is in like new condition, except the transformer buzzes -- can anyone help me fix it? Thanks
@KerryWongBlog5 жыл бұрын
Does it affect the operation of the power supply? If the power supply works normally and the transformer does not overheat, this would suggest that the core is simply loose, you can either live with it or reapply some epoxy glue. There is a possibility that there could be a short somewhere in the transformer but you would find that out pretty easily (just let it sit idle for a while and check if there's any unusual heating from the transformer).
@Fluterra5 жыл бұрын
Kerry Wong Thank you. It works perfectly well. I just use it for an audio application (to power a field coil speaker driver), so the buzzing sound is not a good thing. I guess I will open it and apply some epoxy. Thanks again.
@ivanllerena71442 жыл бұрын
I have a lambda lt-802 and the screen just flashes. I can't adjust voltage or current. Any ideas ?
@KerryWongBlog2 жыл бұрын
Do you have any output from the PS? If it's stuck at maximum then it's most likely one of the bypass transistors is shorted.
@romanjackiw71822 жыл бұрын
Please !!!
@DolezalPetr7 жыл бұрын
how much did you pay?
@KerryWongBlog7 жыл бұрын
Don't remember for sure but I think I paid around $30 for it.
@BrendaEM3 жыл бұрын
Hi. One of my Lambda's works decent, but could use some new capacitors. The other one is in pretty rough shape. I may not repair it...yet. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e8h4qZNqz53LiJc.html