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Bigandbouncy
25-05-2019, 21:00
Hi, I’ve happened across this contraption, I think it’s some sort of power supply. Has anyone got a better guess or can help me with what it might be?
It came with some band kit I bought and I originally thought it might be a phantom supply but it supplies a very stable 13.29v
Cheers
Dave
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Battery charger/power supply for a 12V battery powered PA system?
Perfect float charger voltage.
Light Dependant Resistor
25-05-2019, 23:20
It can be viewed as a regulated DC power supply delivering as measured 13.29v,
but ...perhaps other voltages are on the other pin of the XLR. suggesting perhaps a 48v phantom microphone supply
Is there an image of the transformer ?
Firebottle
26-05-2019, 06:46
SLA battery charger is my guess, probably rated about 5 amps, that depends on the rectifier and transformer.
Bigandbouncy
26-05-2019, 19:21
Thanks everyone, there is nothing coming from the third pin, just 13.29v between the other pins. I just thought it was very ‘over engineered’https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190526/a5209f4539d3d559677deaad92a555de.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190526/4bea5237ad7a6978a837c41bbeaf5c3a.jpg for a battery charger :)
I’ve got some pics of the transformer
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I suspect it was built by an Amateur radio tech to run and test mobile transceivers.
Cars do not run at 12 volts but up to 13.8 volts.
This is way over built ham stuff, Hams over engineer everything.
Bigandbouncy
27-05-2019, 22:08
Cheers,
That probably explains it :-)
No idea what to do with it now though !
Dave
A car stereo shop may want it for a test bench.
Or a ham swap meet would be a good place to sell it or trade.
I had this beast.
I had several starting at 2x10 amp , 2x 30 amp , and the beast 60 amp. I could power a very strong Mobil station at home .
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