Hey all I wonder if anyone can help me out on this one. I have two very old CB PSU's that Im rebuilding. I have stripped them down and rewired and cleaned everything and ordered all new caps because the old ones had leaked everywhere and made a hell of a mess. Anyway I noticed last night that one of them has the brown live wire coming in from the mains and going directly to the old clunky on/off switch on the front, Then from the switch it goes to the transformer, The blue negative wire from the mains goes straight to the fuse on the back then off somewhere else. The other PSU which is exactly the same is wired the other way around with the live going to the fuse holder and the negative going to the switch.
The PSU'S are those old black ones with the silver front, I have seen them under many names, Bermec, Elftone etc. I got the 5 - 7.5 amps ones.
Also im sure there was a thread on here sometime ago about the MR.Whoosh PSU's being wired like this?
Cheers dudes
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Re: Old PSU rebuild
The Live usually goes to the fuse and then to the on off switch and then to the transformer input. the Neutral just goes straight to the transformer.
That is how they should be wired, and not forgetting the earth wire to the chassis case.
That is how they should be wired, and not forgetting the earth wire to the chassis case.
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Re: Old PSU rebuild
OK that makes more sense. I'll wire it that way then. Cheers.
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