Section 9? (HP 1000 power supply)

From: John Lawson <jpl15_at_panix.com>
Date: Sun Dec 29 01:28:00 2002

On Sun, 28 Dec 2002, Frank McConnell wrote:

> Inside the hood (visible through the hole in the back) there is only a
> 1/4W resistor connected to pins 4 and 6, which matches Glen's
> description. Bands are gray, red, brown, gold. Hmm, 820 ohms?
> Measures as 823 ohms on my cheap digital multimeter.

no 4th color = 20% tolerance
      Silver = 10%
      Gold = 5%

  so 5% of 820 gives...lesse, pi to the 4th, carry the 9, umm.. 41!

  The resistor should have a value between 861 down to 779.

  Allowing for a bit of inaccuracy in your DVM... I'd say it was pretty
well nailed on value.


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Cheers

John
Received on Sun Dec 29 2002 - 01:28:00 GMT