[sdiy] Powering 4ms pod

[Barry Klein]

Verify there is not a short somewhere (trace or filter cap). Check (no power, ohms) all voltage sources with a meter.  Is the blinking led on the supply or module front panel?

Barry

> On Nov 10, 2022, at 3:43 PM, Pete Hartman <pete.hartman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> The RECOM is a regulator, I'm not seeing the photo but I believe it's a drop in for 7805 5V regulator, but it is more efficient.
> 
>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 5:35 PM Didier Leplae via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
>> Are you seeing the relay in the picture I posted? I can’t seem to find it.
>> The black box that says RECOM is an R78E5, which seems to be an inductor when I look it up.
>> Input 7-28v
>> Output 5v
>> 
>> > On Nov 10, 2022, at 10:55 PM, Barry Klein <barryklein at cox.net> wrote:
>> > 
>> > Try battery power or a bench dc supply.  There looks to be a relay there - what is the voltage written on it?
>> > 
>> > 
>> >> On Nov 10, 2022, at 1:47 PM, Didier Leplae via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> Ok, so now I got the actual 4ms power supply from Thomann and I am still having the same problem! 
>> >> There are no modules or even ribbon cables plugged into the pod. The power flashes on and off. However, I didn’t measure this accurately, but using my «one-one thousand» method, I estimate it is flashing every two seconds and with the other power supply it was about every second.
>> >> The last power supply was 90W and this one is 45W. 
>> >> I’m not sure if that is at all helpful to figure out what is going on.
>> >> I guess either the pod is defective or was damaged somehow, or the last power supply set off this problem?
>> >> 
>> >> Any ideas?
>> >> 
>> >>>> On Nov 2, 2022, at 5:36 PM, Gerry Murray via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
>> >>> 
>> >>> :-)
>> >>> 
>> >>>>> On 02/11/2022 17:28, Didier Leplae wrote:
>> >>>> We’ll, I managed to return the power supply, so might never know why that didn’t work…
>> >>>> 
>> >>> 
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