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If you're going to be playing with live voltages you should know better than you should have a isolated transformer so that you don't kill yourself.... 🤭
Back around 1984 I lived in an apartment, no surge protection, and during a thunderstorm the lights blinked and a little curl of smoke came up out of my printer. It was actually a fancy typewriter that could be converted with a card to a letter quality printer. A computer and printer was a stretch for my budget. I got the card replaced, and bought a surge protector. I haven't been without one since.
My boss in work used a flat head to discharge a cap the size of a pint glass in work. Damn it was loud. Was just after I said I'd go get my power resistor lol.
out of all the console repairs, excluding HDMI port replacements. number 2 would be PS5 Power Supply replacements. it use to be ADSL modems and fridges i would normally hear about dying due to brown outs, now its PS5 Power Supplys
For discharging PSU caps, I personally use a 60w incandescent bulb (a.k.a big resistor) attached to multimeter test probes, it's a bit less harrowing than shorting out the legs 🤣
In high school, we used to have fun with charged capacitors like that. We usually left one on the teacher's desk by "mistake" :) then watched him jump like a grasshopper while grabbing it :)
I'd say get a surge protector, but that would limit the business coming through to this cheeky chappy. Had a bad experience without one when my main rig got zapped and wiped out multiple components!
Yeah all new installs and consumer unit replacements have to have them now. We had one installed this summer with our CU upgrade. They can't be a bad thing and I haven't seen a difference in pricing either. Probably are put there by the big corps though lol
That PSU probably has no Transistors. Only MOSFET... Because of the lower losses of MOSFET over Transistors that is what is used. Its capable of 90% Efficiency (Techpowerup reviewd it) The ~330V are the rectified AC -> AC * square Root 2 = Rectified DC...
We all know you will keep it and fix it and re-use it on your next power-supply job, this way you can sell them instead of charging the repair service, who are you trying to fool? We know your game son. :D
Hi everyone. I used a thermal camera in this video which I highly recommend. You can check it out at s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DdSuVQ9
The above link is an affiliate link so I'll earn a little commission when you purchase that through my link :)
If you're going to be playing with live voltages you should know better than you should have a isolated transformer so that you don't kill yourself.... 🤭
TH-cam algorithm brought me here, I have no idea how. Not remotely interested in this type of content. However I'm now hooked 😅
Back around 1984 I lived in an apartment, no surge protection, and during a thunderstorm the lights blinked and a little curl of smoke came up out of my printer. It was actually a fancy typewriter that could be converted with a card to a letter quality printer. A computer and printer was a stretch for my budget. I got the card replaced, and bought a surge protector. I haven't been without one since.
My boss in work used a flat head to discharge a cap the size of a pint glass in work. Damn it was loud. Was just after I said I'd go get my power resistor lol.
Phil, Welcome back. I missed seeing your videos and especially your live streams.
out of all the console repairs, excluding HDMI port replacements.
number 2 would be PS5 Power Supply replacements.
it use to be ADSL modems and fridges i would normally hear about dying due to brown outs, now its PS5 Power Supplys
For discharging PSU caps, I personally use a 60w incandescent bulb (a.k.a big resistor) attached to multimeter test probes, it's a bit less harrowing than shorting out the legs 🤣
i so love your videos i learn so much
In high school, we used to have fun with charged capacitors like that. We usually left one on the teacher's desk by "mistake" :) then watched him jump like a grasshopper while grabbing it :)
I remember a few years ago when ADSL was being faded out to FTTC, lightning hit the telephone pole and blew the old Sky router, phones. 😂
I have my equipment protected by a ups surge protection but what get's damaged is always the hdmi circuits of the components.
I once had a desktop PC that wouldn't turn on after lightning struck a utility pole. As expected, only the power supply unit was broken.
Great work
Is a Tad more than a Pinch, but less then a Dash? Great Education, Repair, and Video! Maybe Toltec Merc will want it? Thanks Phil "TheCod3r" Danks!
Epic video 😊
What would you say is better made/more reliable, ps5 or series x?
So good thx😸😸
what arm do you have for your microscope?
Check Q34 Mosfet and ZD37 Zenner
I'd say get a surge protector, but that would limit the business coming through to this cheeky chappy.
Had a bad experience without one when my main rig got zapped and wiped out multiple components!
Why don't people just have lightning protection? I have it on all my sockets and I also power everything important through UPS's.
I was watching this thinking I'd laugh if he just didn't check that fuse.
I have a ps5 i was converting from disc to digital but now I have no power how do i check to see if it's the south bridge?
I dont work on these however i keep these ic's in stock 😂
My guess is that the donor chip suffered the same fate
SPDs now have a section in the regs. No doubt largely put there by the companies that make them....
Yeah all new installs and consumer unit replacements have to have them now. We had one installed this summer with our CU upgrade. They can't be a bad thing and I haven't seen a difference in pricing either. Probably are put there by the big corps though lol
Hahah shockingly funny
That PSU probably has no Transistors.
Only MOSFET...
Because of the lower losses of MOSFET over Transistors that is what is used.
Its capable of 90% Efficiency (Techpowerup reviewd it)
The ~330V are the rectified AC -> AC * square Root 2 = Rectified DC...
We all know you will keep it and fix it and re-use it on your next power-supply job, this way you can sell them instead of charging the repair service, who are you trying to fool? We know your game son. :D