Re: G08 power supply

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>Most of you think a switching power supply is the way to go, but someone did
>approach me (name withheld for some reason) saying that I should REBUILD the
>original power supply. The letter went something like this:
>
>"A rebuilt linear power supply will actually OUTLAST a switching power supply.
> I can prove it as I replace switching power supplies all the time. People are
>like "oh, my linear power supply finally died after 10+" and I'm replacing
>arcade switching power supplies that die after 3 years. While this might not
>be noticable in home use, a rebuilt linear supply (replacing the rectifier,
>caps, diodes, etc) will be more reliable in the long run"
>
>Or soemthing to that effect.
>
>So, I think I'm going to try and rebuild the one I have, and Mit is going to
>send me one in the mean time.
>
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>Mark Jenison E-mail address: jenison@cig.mot.com
>Cellular Infrastructure Group Motorola--Arlington Heights, IL
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Hi all, just butting in here :-)

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the major point to using a switching
supply over a linear supply wasn't the increased MTBF but the fact that if
the switcher fails it stops sending any kind of voltage. This will protect
the components it feeds instead of feeding who knows what on to the supply
rails when a linear supply goes. I'd rather replace a cheap switcher as
a unit rather than have to debug/repair the game board when the linear supply
goes.

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