[sdiy] Power Supply Trouble

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Tuesday 31 March 2009 01:12:47 pm Scott wrote:
> My power supply droops when my AC power fluctuates. (VCO's lower their
> tune, and LFO's/clocks slow down)  I have a regulated Power One 3 amp
> 15/0/-15 supply.  Shouldn't the regulated supply be able to handle ac power
> fluctuations? I haven't taken out the PS to start testing yet.  Is there
> anything obvious I should check for when I get started?

First thing I'd check would be the input voltage to the regulators.



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