Seasonic SS-500GB "ticking"

[Behemot]

Re: Seasonic SS-500GB "ticking"

You can also just buy copper wire and rewind it manualy, the core will be OK, most likely just wire insulation is bad somewhere.

[Uniballer]

Re: Seasonic SS-500GB "ticking"

I kinda like that idea. I took a caliper to the wire and the diameter is approximately .041" (about 1.04 mm). So it is most likely 18 awg or 1mm magnet wire. Unfortunately, I don't have any ATM, and it appears to be cheaper to buy an inductor than a spool of magnet wire. Unless somebody has a cheap source of good quality magnet wire...

[Agent24]

Re: Seasonic SS-500GB "ticking"

You can also just buy copper wire and rewind it manualy, the core will be OK, most likely just wire insulation is bad somewhere.

Same problem as our Enermax Liberties?

[Behemot]

Re: Seasonic SS-500GB "ticking"

I have changed the coil in that case and it did not help so most likely the problem is somewhere else.

[Agent24]

Re: Seasonic SS-500GB "ticking"

Sorry, should have been more accurate. I mean, it's interesting how this PSU has active PFC and the same ticking symptoms as the Enermax... maybe not same cause, but then again... mine was ticking.. then I took it apart.. when I put it back together it stopped ticking.. then started up again few months later

I wonder if the coil was bad on this Seasonic or the act of disassembly and reassembly was more to do with the reason for the apparent 'fix'?

Uniballer: You said there was blackening on the coil but is it confirmed as burnt insulation or just paint etc? If it is arcing you should be able to see sparks at that point in a dark room when running the PSU

[Uniballer]

Re: Seasonic SS-500GB "ticking"

I looked for visual signs of arcing earlier, but I didn't see any. Then again, I'm not sure I was really looking in the right place. I ordered the above inductors from Digi-Key, but neither one tests out as equivalent to the original. So I ordered some magnet wire and will try rewinding the coil.