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Re: Power supply problem with Tek 2220
Tan Chor Ming
Hello Tom,
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You are right, high ESR will have high ripple. But heat on cap = (V ripple rms)* (V ripple rms) / ESR (V ripple rms) depends on the capacitance. Higher capacitance --> less ripple Without the ESR being low there will be less heat This is what I thought, I stand corrected. Rgds, Chor Ming _____ From: TekScopes@... [mailto:TekScopes@...] On Behalf Of Thomas Miller Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 12:35 AM To: TekScopes@... Subject: Re: [TekScopes] Re: Power supply problem with Tek 2220 Hello Tan, You say: "The filtering caps are also warm (quite hot) which means that it is filtering the ripple and converting to heat. It's not an indication of good ESR though but poor ESR will have less heat. I do not suspect the caps causing the shutdown issue. As an improvement, I may change it later but not now, unless I am convince that poor ESR can cause shutdown. A high ESR will make the capacitor run hot because of the higher ripple voltage. If you detect a hot capacitor, you should replace it with a known good cap. You might just try tacking a good cap across the suspect cap to confirm the problem. Regards, Tom ----- Original Message -----
From: Tan Chor <mailto:jonray03@...> Ming To: TekScopes@... Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 11:07 AM Subject: RE: [TekScopes] Re: Power supply problem with Tek 2220 Ed, Thank you for your extensive reply. 2220 is a storage 60mHz 2235 is a 100Mhz Non-storage The power supply of the 2220 is quite similar to the 2235 which I can see from the layout. These are some differences on the power supply 1. 2220 has an additional -5V supply 2. Current rating in at the 43V for 2220 is higher. Based on design, R912 is 357 ohm for 2235 and 549 ohm for 2220. This means current limit for 2235 = 0.86A and for 2220 = 1.3A 3. The added current is needed to drive the digital storage function which is a separate board 4. Based on calculation, Shutdown voltage at R907 for 2235 = 0.18V and for 2220 = 0.26V. Measured value on 2220 is .285V. I have a DMM, Analog Multimeter and my other scope a 2235 has also a failed SCR for the crowbar. I did not want to fire it up until I get the crowbar function fixed. I am planning to get an isolation transformer and run it at 110, before I use my other scope if it is fixed to measure the signal of the 2220. This is the development so far. I have changed the following C925, C943, C942, C940 with little improvement I have also remove the connector to Q9070 and solder it directly to the leads. This seems to have the most improvement Lifted the +5V supply to the digital board Measured voltage on R907 at cold state = 0.17V (about 0.85A on 43V) Measured voltage on R907 in warm state (after 5 mins) = 0.19V (about 0.95A on 43V) Scope can sustain operation for more than 15 minutes before the supply shutdown and up again for another 5~10 min and repeat. This shows an intermittent overload condition. Not that bad because the scope can be used with brief shutdown in-between. Connect the +5V to the digital board Measured voltage on R907 at cold state = 0.22V (about 1.1A on 43V) Measured voltage on R907 in warm state (after 1 mins) = 0.25V (about 1.25A on 43V) Scope can sustain operation for more than 1 minutes before the supply shutdown and up again repeat every seconds later. This shows a sustained overload condition. Measured voltage on pin15 of U930 is 0.285, Clearly, the overload should not happen since this voltage limit for voltage at R907 before shutdown happens. This confirms that there are spike signal riding on R907 that cause the comparator in U930 to cause a shutdown. 20Khz test I thought maybe the pre-regular was running at slightly higher frequency causing the switching efficiency to drop which cause Q9070 and T906 to heat up. Since I do have a working scope, I found an interesting way to test this without instrument. 1. Connect a 470pf across C919 and the frequency will drop to ~15Khz because I can heard the switch buzz. 2. Without the 470of, I could not heard the switching buzz, so I knew it must be slightly past 20Khz 3. I confirm this because my son is able to hear the 20Khz buzz. ESR on Cap. I tried to change caps on C960 and C961, but there is no change to the behaviour and leakage current on removed caps seems to be low, so I do not suspect it is a ESR on cap issue. The filtering caps are also warm (quite hot) which means that it is filtering the ripple and converting to heat. It's not an indication of good ESR though but poor ESR will have less heat. I do not suspect the caps causing the shutdown issue. As an improvement, I may change it later but not now, unless I am convince that poor ESR can cause shutdown. I am very much back to square one, because everything seems to point to a normal working scope except that heat generated has cause an overload condition What's next. 1. Poor Switching I suspect that there is a poor switching from Q9070 and CR907 which can cause Q9070 to heat up in forward inverter. Haven't gotten the component so will have to explore this later. Q9070 (P6N55) needs to be at least 600V, 6A, RDSon 1.5 ohm CR907 (BDY73G) needs to at least 600V, 1A, Reverse recovery time 50nS. Need 2 of these for 2220 in parallel, I believe 2235 uses only one. . 2. Overload This is a likelihood but I need a reference to know if the current measure on +43V is too high. How could power ESR cause overload? Poor ESR will cause poor functional performance because there is high ripple on the DC but will it cause an overload? Background. Both scope were working scope which I have not used for more than a year Final Action if all else fails. I am quite sure if I run the 2220 at 110V the shutdown issue will go away because of lower generated heat with 110V. If the problem persist, I will just have to switch to a lower line voltage supply on an isolation transformer. Rgds, Chor Ming _____ From: TekScopes@... [mailto:TekScopes@...] On Behalf Of Ed Breya Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 2:43 AM To: TekScopes@... Subject: [TekScopes] Re: Power supply problem with Tek 2220 Yes indeed, the 2220 is virtually identical to the 2230 in most respects - just a notch down to fill the price v. performance market position at the time. The 2200 series models share the same basic power supply topology, tweaked to get more power for the digital storage add-ons. Your equipment appears to be very limited, but you do have a working DMM and a "working" scope available for a few minutes at a time. You can use it to look at its own supplies and other circuitry, at least up to the point of shutdown. Before delving further into the supply, I recommend that you first check your line voltage to see if it's on the high side, or possibly has transients or surges that may be causing the scopes to self-protect. I don't recall if the 2220 has the "trigger view" feature, but if so, set up for line triggering, and activate that to see roughly what the line looks like. This is band limited, so won't show fast transients. You can also look at the line voltage directly and more accurately with a X10 probe tip to the hot side. DO NOT connect the ground clip to anything, or preferably, disconnect it from the probe whenever poking around line voltage. As I recall, the scopes should run on any line voltage between the specified limits, with no range switching needed. If you have access to a variac or step-down transformer you can try running at lower line voltage. If not, you can try loading down the branch circuit with extra lighting and appliances to see if it drops significantly, or even try something wired temporarily in series, like a space heater, coffee pot, or a large incandescent lamp. Some background info should help: 1. Were these scopes working and then stopped, or did you just get them, and they didn't work? It seems from your initial post that they both failed at the same time. If so, one big thing in common would be line voltage problems. Do both scopes exhibit the same symptoms? 2. Is the available run time always about the same before shutting down? Does recycling the power make it run for the same length of time, or does it need to cool down first? If the shutdown timing is fairly predictable, it may be good to monitor the outputs closely and watch to see if they sag or rise just before shutdown. Also, watch the display closely for dimming or blooming - evidence of same on the high voltage. Also, look at the 20 kHz AC waveforms on the secondaries, ahead of the output rectifiers to see if they are nice, rounded squarish waves, and see if that shape changes just before shutdown. That's probably enough for now. I agree with the suggestion to revisit the 2235. It may be easier to fix, or you may luck out and find it's problem - then you'll have one fully working scope - a big improvement. Ed --- In TekScopes@... <mailto:TekScopes%40yahoogroups.com> , David <davidwhess@...> wrote: on accesshand, I would fix the 2235 first as it has no top board limiting your needto the power supply (and almost everything else in the scope) while the toan isolation transformer at this point, as its only value is to be able side"float" the scope so you can use another scope to look at the inverter wouldof the power supply. The inverter is already making the 43 VDC so what isolationyou need to check anyway? I know the service manual calls for an closertransformer (so I bought one) but my experience finds it to be fairly currentslook as it only is involved in running the "gate" of Q9070. tothrough it, and Q9070 does the real work of creating the 43 VDC for the appreciatedisconnect Q9070, not Q908. assume.it. familiar thewith vacuum and solid state electronics.quite takePCB layout is slightly different.time, inanymeasurement. haveseries with the resistor.thus issuesome time during the Lunar New Year break. thejust replacing the caps. [mailto:TekScopes@... <mailto:TekScopes%40yahoogroups.com> ] Ondetail that Q908 needs to be disconnected.+5.2V andBehalfOf tom jobe noneIdid not have a nice short answer for you. Since you have not gotten the toofthe download sites I checked seem to have it either, including willthebetter 22xx's such as the 2235, at least around the power supply. I monitorsalso assume that you do have a service manual to work with. U930 R907the voltage drop across R907, and in your case it probably thinks the thedrift and cause this problem, but others have reported that as a myinverter, the transformer itself or on the secondary side of the main causeexperience the components in the right rear corner of the mainboard forthe most grief so I would start there with C925, C942 and C943. If youhavesome decent soldering equipment you can change all three capacitorsquicklywithout removing the mainboard. hadQ9070 (but you would want to check all of the electrolytic caps if you poweran ESR meter handy). supplysource until something got hot or went up in smoke. If your power justallowed you to adjust the current limit you could sneak up on it and toget the problem part(s) nice and warm. You will need to at leastdisconnectQ9070 when you apply the external 43 VDC at TP940 and TP 950 from thebottomor top of the mainboard. I lightly tack on two wires to the bottom side whenmake the 43 VDC connections. You can use the scope in its normal way availableitis powered with the external 43 VDC.many itcomponents you might use to replace some of the original Tektronix part groundinthe Tekscopes Message archive if you like. youto each of the voltage test points before you get very far into thisrepair(with the scope not connected to the mains of course!). <mailto:TekScopes%40yahoogroups.com> >are doing. aSent: Friday, January 20, 2012 6:45 AM andfewminutes theit+8.6, -8.6,continues in this on/off mode likelyitcircuit? upbecause electrolytic failure would not have allowed the unit to fire forright.a few minutestemperature, |
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