Switch Mode Power Supplies have at minimum 20 mS hold-up.? In
reality they have more, but not necessarily a lot more.
I built a factory control system for the DOE way back when and used
an unregulated "Ugly" brand power supply for the 24V.? BIG
transformer, BIGGER capacitors.? Worked great.? Cheap (for the
time).
Upper right corner of left enclosure
Me working on version 2.? I said it was way back in time, there are
dinosaurs outside!
On 10-Feb-25 20:44, Bill in OKC too via
groups.io wrote:
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In 1986 I was attending an Army Satellite terminal
training class? at Ft. Gordon, GA. Had a bad storm that
night that shut down our terminal. I'd been writing a letter
on the Heathkit. H89 computer when I left for class.
Expected it to be shut down when I got back to the dorm.
Nope! The filter caps in that power supply were the size of
my fists. It was only a transient power hit, but it took
down the relatively modern MILSPEC satellite terminal, and
didn't touch the monstrous linear old-school linear power
supply.?
Bill in OKC?
William R.
Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.)