SergeModular

--- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, "freq63" <freq63@...> wrote:
>
> As I understood while asking here about Serge PSUs, not everybody uses the STS PSU/PSD combi.
> I am wondering how you did to connect one PSU to a few panels without using the original STS PSD?
> Any input is welcome!
> THANX A LOT
>

--- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, "freq63" <freq63@...> wrote:
>
> Sharing some infos about the PSD I just received.
> If I buy a condor PSU for instance, I won't need to add filtercaps or other components like on the STS PSD distribution.
> Will just need to split cables to molex plugs as the PSU is very stable.
>
>
> --- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, "freq63" <freq63@> wrote:
> >
> > As I understood while asking here about Serge PSUs, not everybody uses the STS PSU/PSD combi.
> > I am wondering how you did to connect one PSU to a few panels without using the original STS PSD?
> > Any input is welcome!
> > THANX A LOT
> >
>

I am using a 8.5A switched PSU to drive my 16-panel STS/DIY system without any problems... I've added coils across the rails (to suppress any possible lo-freq hum), and use EMI/RFI Ferrites on the power cables going to the system (to suppress any possible hi-freq interference)... Cheap, reliable, powerful, super-stable, cool (literally), modern. And very lightweight.

The STS PSD's have been replaced by a more modern design with better decoupling (etc), though in reality it doesn't make much sense to decouple that far removed from the actual PCB's, and within the context of Serge's serial power distribution.

_g

--- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, "freq63" <freq63@...> wrote:
>
> Sharing some infos about the PSD I just received.
> If I buy a condor PSU for instance, I won't need to add filtercaps or other components like on the STS PSD distribution.
> Will just need to split cables to molex plugs as the PSU is very stable.
>
>
> --- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, "freq63" <freq63@> wrote:
> >
> > As I understood while asking here about Serge PSUs, not everybody uses the STS PSU/PSD combi.
> > I am wondering how you did to connect one PSU to a few panels without using the original STS PSD?
> > Any input is welcome!
> > THANX A LOT
> >
>

Jon Kjell Seljeseth - Laugavegur 53a - 101 Reykjavik - Iceland
tel. (+354) 561-5683 (+354) 866-8640
Norway (+47) 909-64094

On 24 Jan 2012, at 06:33, Jon Kjell Seljeseth wrote:

>
> Switched PSU here too for a couple of years, driving a six panel early eighties system.
>
> http://www.astrodyne.com/ecatalog/usa/encapsulated-power-supply/MDMC-0306
>
> Ultra stable ! !
>
> This one encapsulated, so if it breaks down it can't be fixed. (just buy a new one)
> I have been using it for three years, with no problems.
> (the price allows for having a spare ..... just in case)
>
> In the early days of switched PSU's, they were way inferior to linear regarding noise.
> Nowadays, it's a different story.
> With this Astrodyne, I can not hear (nor "scope-see") any difference.
>
> I agree with Guy;
> "Cheap, reliable, powerful, super-stable, cool (literally), modern. And very lightweight."
>
> /jks
>
>
> At 11:45 22.01.12, you wrote:
>
>> I am using a 8.5A switched PSU to drive my 16-panel STS/DIY system without any problems... I've added coils across the rails (to suppress any possible lo-freq hum), and use EMI/RFI Ferrites on the power cables going to the system (to suppress any possible hi-freq interference)... Cheap, reliable, powerful, super-stable, cool (literally), modern. And very lightweight.
>>
>> The STS PSD's have been replaced by a more modern design with better decoupling (etc), though in reality it doesn't make much sense to decouple that far removed from the actual PCB's, and within the context of Serge's serial power distribution.
>>
>> _g
>>
>> --- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, "freq63" <freq63@...> wrote:
>> >
>> > Sharing some infos about the PSD I just received.
>> > If I buy a condor PSU for instance, I won't need to add filtercaps or other components like on the STS PSD distribution.
>> > Will just need to split cables to molex plugs as the PSU is very stable.
>> >
>> >
>> > --- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, "freq63" <freq63@> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > As I understood while asking here about Serge PSUs, not everybody uses the STS PSU/PSD combi.
>> > > I am wondering how you did to connect one PSU to a few panels without using the original STS PSD?
>> > > Any input is welcome!
>> > > THANX A LOT
>> >

On 1/22/2012 5:45 AM, Guy wrote:

I am using a 8.5A switched PSU to drive my 16-panel STS/DIY system without any problems... I've added coils across the rails (to suppress any possible lo-freq hum), and use EMI/RFI Ferrites on the power cables going to the system (to suppress any possible hi-freq interference)... Cheap, reliable, powerful, super-stable, cool (literally), modern. And very lightweight.

The STS PSD's have been replaced by a more modern design with better decoupling (etc), though in reality it doesn't make much sense to decouple that far removed from the actual PCB's, and within the context of Serge's serial power distribution.

_g

--- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, "freq63" <freq63@...> wrote: