Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #10538
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "William Cox" william@characterlink.net
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 19:09:40 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: neurotic pvore name stumpy
> You did hook the power supply up the right way the first time didn't you?
> As in, you put + to +, - to -? And the leads weren't swapped around at
> the power supply?
Yes, I did.
> Next time it happens, grab a multimeter and see if the voltage on your
> photovore is the right way around. Tap the connections like you did
> before, and measure the voltage to see if it swung the other way.
Ok, its happend twice. Both times the voltage in the cap was about 3.4-3.6
volts. With correct polarity (DMM + probe to + - to -)
I tap the connections, it switch, discharges then charges back up and fires.
Funky. Why??
-William
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