[sdiy] Hooking up a Power-One unit

[John Luciani]

On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 6:15 PM, David G. Dixon <dixon at interchange.ubc.ca> wrote:
> Another noobie crisis:
>
> Looking at my new Power-One +/-15V, 1.5A power supply, I have two questions:
>
> 1.  Do you solder 120VAC leads to the flat terminals sticking out of the
> transformer, or do you slide something onto them without soldering?  Is it a
> good idea to put shrink tubing on them afterwards?

The flat tabs are mostly likely Fast-on terminals. You want to get the insulated
crimp terminals and then a small crimp tool like an AMP Champ. There are three
popular sizes for different gauge wires -- 18-22 (red), 14-18 (blue),
10-12 (yellow).
The red ones should be fine for your application.

I do not use heatshrink or tape.

> 2.  Is there some special doodad that slides onto those funny looking DC
> terminals sticking out of the edge of the PC board, or do you just wrap wire
> around them and solder?

What do the doodad's look like?

>
> (I know: pathetic!  But I want to get this part right, and this thing comes
> with virtually no instructions.)

IIRC Power One stuff if typically OEM. There are probably instructions
on the website. You may also want to see if they sell accessories. Even if
you don't buy the accessories you can get an idea about how things
connect.

(* jcl *)


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