Re: Hot 1541

From: Gerrit Heitsch <gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de>
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 19:47:48 +0100
Message-ID: <ddb1d3a2-a4b9-163d-ef61-e31253f849f5@laosinh.s.bawue.de>
On 01/07/2017 07:26 PM, silverdr@wfmh.org.pl wrote:
>
>> On 2017-01-07, at 18:10, Francesco Messineo <francesco.messineo@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Oh, by the way, never stack the C64 over the 154I for a few hours... I
>> had forgotten how hot that drive likes to live.
>
> Long ago I made a good use of an Atari ST and installed its internal switcher in place of the 1541 transformer, bypassing (actually removing) other hot suckers on the way.
>
> Once the transformer, the rectifiers and the voltage regulators are gone - you can stack whatever you want on it ;-) The drive merely gets warm. And a kid can easily hold it with one hand as a bonus ;-)

You can also check if the 1541 can be set to 240V input voltage. If yes, 
do that and it will get less hot.

Take a look at the transformer and if there is a another wire on the 
input side, measure the resistance against the other 2 input wires. It 
should be obvious what you should measure if it's the wire for 240V.

The 1571 with a transformer PSU has ready to use jumpers on the power 
supply PCB marked 220V and 240V.


  Gerrit



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