[ARC5] Powering and RAX Sans Dynamotor

David Stinson arc5 at ix.netcom.com
Mon Feb 26 08:17:26 EST 2018


Since finding two more dynamotors for the RAXes 
looks doubtful, I decided to build another DC/DC
supply into one of these rare, exotic and terribly
expensive project boxes.

90 VDC runs the rigs fine with plenty of audio.
This particular DC/DC converter is wicked for
noise,
so I probably over-did the filtering in and out of
the box, but I had the stuff and it worked well.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/A4ZeMIFyhHun4mgX2

A dollup of mighty Shoe Goo mounts the doohickey.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/SP0AeQShNMNle5Ls2

One banana plug for ground and "Locator pin,"
then soldered some SolderWick braid to the two 
feedthru caps and cased with heat-shrink to
make "brush contacts" that insert in the
A+ and B+ connector holes.

On with the top and the noise goes bye-bye.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/hINwmtdb1l4UdgNA3
I'll solder it closed later today.

Need to build one more.  Will try it with
a little less ferrite and see if it still
works OK.
(P.S. The tea was good, too.)

GL OM ES 73 DE Dave AB5S




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