Tim:
> I have a UPS sitting next to me, right now, in pieces, which
(half)
> died in a most peculiar manner:
>
> A burning smell was eventually traced to it. There's no visible
> signs of burning, and no schematic available for the model, that I
> can find. A rather acrid smell, not one I'm used to with component
> failure, I'm beginning to suspect a large AC transformer.
Mauricio Tavares:
Did you check the impedance of the transformer?
Not yet, the lack of schematics put me off, I'd really have to delve
into reverse-engineering it to fix it (assuming I could get any needed
parts), it's a very old model (SOLA 310). If the transformer had
cooked one of its windings, I doubt I'd find replacement (there are
multiple windings), and the board is chock full of ICs (very few
discrete components).
I never really bothered with UPSs at home before, but we've been
getting lots of little power cuts the last year. Previously things
were very good here. You might have gone a year or more without any
interruptions.
The other thing is that this only has a few minutes of supply
capability, allowing you to ride through blips on the mains, and
cleanly shutdown during longer power failures, but not carry on working
for a prolonged period. Though my modern low-power PC gives much more
runtime than the UPS's prediction in its manual.
And it was quite noisy in stand-by mode, while AC powered, it had quite
a hum to it. Bad enough that I'd run it in the adjacent room, with
long leads running to and from it.
Much as I dislike waste, and I repair a lot of equipment, I've been
considering something newer with more capacity.
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