PSU for SL-1210 with pics

[Marco]

Absolutely fascinating, Paul!

How would you fancy a couple of visitors sometime? We love the highlands and Islands and always wanted to go back up that way some day

Marco.

[Paul Hynes]

Hi Marco,

Unfortunately we do not have spare room for visitors at present.

We are part way through a house renovation, and the loft/garage conversions, for additional bedrooms and dedicated music room, have not started yet. It will be several years before we get to this, as we will have to accumulate the funds that will be required before going ahead. At the moment all the ground floor accommodation is in use. This is somewhat inconvenient because when family and friends visit we have to find accommodation for them elsewhere. This can be a problem at certain times of the year, as there are so few hotels and B&B establishments on the island.

Regards,
Paul

[Marco]

Hi Paul,

Lol - I didn't mean actually staying with you; just coming to visit

I presume there is at least one hotel or perhaps a few B&Bs in the area - oh and somewhere to hire a car would be good, too...

Marco.

[Paul Hynes]

Hi Marco,

There are three hotels within a 10-15 minute drive and a number of B&Bs around but they are small and often fully booked in summer depending what is going on locally. Car hire is available but be careful where you book a car as my lass’s family were given one that would have been at home on the scrap heap. Most of the roads are single track so don’t expect to go anywhere quickly. All the islands from Eriskay in the South to Berneray in the North are connected by causeway and the others have ferry connections, so island hopping is relatively easy and well worth doing for the stunning scenery

Regards
Paul

[colinB]

You might have problem getting a pint up there but i bet your mains supply is clean as a whistle

[Paul Hynes]

Hi Colin,

Unfortunately the mains supply here is not that clean. We get the usual domestic interference from other homes and my computer UPS supply monitor shows wild variations in voltage on the mains supply. We get a lot of power cuts especially during the winter storms where gale force winds and lightening strikes can take the local grid out. We also suffer from repetitive trip-outs of protection equipment on the local grid, which is why I had to install the UPS on the computer.

Regards
Paul

[colinB]

Oh. Sorry to hear that. I guess i was thinking of RF which i had a real problem with when i lived in Crystal Palace ( until recently)
I would love to have a go at your PSU for my technics Paul. I used to be a spark and i love having a fiddle with my soldering iron. It looks really straight forward but then i thought that about a mates video intercom i installed. I blew a cap and he had to get another one so im not as confident with electronics now. It does look easy though.

[leo]

I'm concerned but will monitor things very carefully. If necessary I'll relocate the ST elsewhere and use a proper heatsink. Will perform some open-box soak testing first.

What sort of heat rise are you getting from your PH module running the Techie?

Hi Martin,

You should be ok with the Techie, the Paul Hynes module doesn't even run warm running the Techie so you should be ok too where as something like the SB3 as mentioned by Ian would be a much heavier constant load

Cheers,
Leo

[leo]

Oh. Sorry to hear that. I guess i was thinking of RF which i had a real problem with when i lived in Crystal Palace ( until recently)
I would love to have a go at your PSU for my technics Paul. I used to be a spark and i love having a fiddle with my soldering iron. It looks really straight forward but then i thought that about a mates video intercom i installed. I blew a cap and he had to get another one so im not as confident with electronics now. It does look easy though.

Its a doddle to wire up Colin, Paul couldn't have made this module any user friendly than this (well done that man) the hardest bit is drilling the holes in the case, wiring things up is easy too.
If you do fancy a bash you could just post on here if you need any advice or whatever

[colinB]

Thats great Leo , i will get going at the end of the month.