Acceptable Voltage Variance

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  • dhack61
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    • Aug 2010
    • 33

    #1

    Acceptable Voltage Variance

    I an working on a RCA L37WD12. I have a SMPS 1W power supply thats putting out 3.6V DC Standby. The spec calls for 5V DC What the normal variation you can expect on standby voltage?

    Thanks
  • retiredcaps
    Badcaps Legend
    • Apr 2010
    • 9271

    #2
    Re: Acceptable Voltage Variance

    Originally posted by dhack61
    I have a SMPS 1W power supply thats putting out 3.6V DC Standby. The spec calls for 5V DC What the normal variation you can expect on standby voltage?
    I don't know if there is an official number, but for ATX power supplies, I believe it is +/- 5%.

    In any case, 3.6V is way too low for standby.

    Check the startup cap next to the SMPS for its capacitance and ESR values.
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    • retiredcaps
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      • Apr 2010
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      #3
      Re: Acceptable Voltage Variance

      More suggestions.

      1) Check the VCC of the SMPS IC to see if it matches the startup voltage compared to its datasheet.

      2) Check the DC voltage on the 5V output diode to see if it is 5V.

      3) If 1 and 2 are okay, then check the capacitor's capacitance and ESR (secondary section).
      Last edited by retiredcaps; 04-27-2012, 10:02 PM.
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      • dhack61
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        • Aug 2010
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        #4
        Re: Acceptable Voltage Variance

        Originally posted by retiredcaps
        More suggestions.

        1) Check the VCC of the SMPS IC to see if it matches the startup voltage compared to its datasheet.

        2) Check the DC voltage on the 5V output diode to see if it is 5V.

        3) If 1 and 2 are okay, then check the capacitor's capacitance and ESR (secondary section).
        Thanks for the info. I found a Ceramic Cap soldered on the back of the board that was reading infinite both ways. Its a 220pF 250v Guiess they used it to regulate the voltage down. Gonna replace it and see if that gives me my 5v without it getting 12.8v standby. thanks again

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        • cashkennedy
          Badcaps Veteran
          • Aug 2011
          • 666
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          #5
          Re: Acceptable Voltage Variance

          If you test a capacitor with a regular multimeter on the resistance setting, then you will either see infinited resistance, or a very quickly asscending number that reaches infinite.

          The safety ceramic caps have very tiny capacitances (pico farads vs micro farads for the large aluminum caps), thus they can be charged by the voltage of your multimeter in micro seconds, once they are charged they show infinite resistance, so essentially it charges / becomes infinite resistance faster then the multimeter can detect.
          Fixed so far 12 lcd's , 1 plasmas, 5 monitors, 0 dlp's (plan to keep the dlps at 0). and 3 atx power supplies, and 2 motherboards.

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