Re: G08 power supply

In my experience a linear supply is much more reliable than a switcher.
It may weight 25 lbs. but
it seems like if you fix all the cold solder joints and the burned molex
connectors that are
classic problems with the Williams power supplies (after 10 years mind
you) you will have a nice
rock solid beast of a power supply. I would take that over a switcher
any day. I tried putting a
switcher into my Major Havoc once and while it did work nicely, there
was some noticable noise in
the vectors.
  Also, a switcher can indeed fail and send overvoltage on the +5V, I
have seen it happen. :-(

jess

Christopher V. Moore wrote:
> 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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Received on Tue Sep 29 10:19:32 1998