[Suns-at-Home] Sparcstation 5 power suppky

[Craig Dewick]

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007, Charles Lindsey wrote:

> I have a SS5, ans managed to short out the +5v supply. Now it is dead.
>
> But I looked in vain for any fuse that might have blown, or cutout that might 
> need resetting.
>
> Is there any description of this PS available anywhere, or any suggestion for 
> obvious things to try? I cannot imagine that is was designed that such a 
> simple fault would not have an easy fix. There is even a warning inside it to 
> tell you to ensure that you always replace fuses with the proper value - 
> which would be a fine thing if I could locate any fuses :-( .

I don't know if it'll help, but for quite a while Oatley Electronics here 
in Sydney Australia has been advertising Sun SS5/20 power supplies 
(501-1279's - the later version) and Javastation 10 (ie. 'Krups') power 
supplies on it's website for a low price. Lets see if I can find them...

Yep here they are:

http://secure.oatleyelectronics.com//product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=408&osCsid=92bf747eec0d0111cdec2b9dce8590c5

http://secure.oatleyelectronics.com//product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=410&osCsid=92bf747eec0d0111cdec2b9dce8590c5

I have no idea what their stocks are like, or what condition the power 
supplies are in. They might have done what I used to do when I got offered 
big batches of junked SS5's which is take out the good components and toss 
the rusting chassis's and damaged system boards, etc. Power supplies are 
bad news because the steel rusts and if they're run for a very long time 
without cleaning, the build=up of dust makes water get trapped against the 
steel casing of the power supply, which encourages rust. sigh.

Good reason to clean out power supplies and system enclosures in general 
at least one a year! 8-)

Craig.

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