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Voltage Controller Parts.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:25 pm
by MacStill

Re: Volage Controller Parts.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:30 pm
by 8-ball
you can get pretty decent volt and amp meters of eBay perfect for these controllers and only about $9 each inc postage but you have to make sure you get AC ones and the voltage and amperage is in the desired ranges

Re: Volage Controller Parts.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:34 pm
by MacStill
8-ball wrote:you can get pretty decent volt and amp meters of eBay perfect for these controllers and only about $9 each inc postage but you have to make sure you get AC ones and the voltage and amperage is in the desired ranges


Link us up mate, dont be afraid to point us in the right direction ;)

Re: Volage Controller Parts.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:14 pm
by 8-ball
i will when i get back on ebay

Re: Voltage Controller Parts.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:50 pm
by MacStill
I found a lot of cheap amp meters (ammeters) on ebay from China, Taiwan etc etc.. but didnt want to wait until 10th to 23rd of August for delivery.

If you've got an Aussie mob in mind we can get them from with fast shipping I'm more than interested ;)

Dont mind paying extra if I can have it now :mrgreen:

Re: Voltage Controller Parts.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:22 pm
by 8-ball
thats tru but yeah all these are one you have to wait for from china

ammeter http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... K:MEWAX:IT

volt meter http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... K:MEWAX:IT

i havent used these ones in particular but know someone who has and said they are the as the $30 ones

Re: Voltage Controller Parts.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:03 pm
by MacStill
Cant say enough praise about this mob

http://australia.rs-online.com/web/home.html

Ordered my PSR-25 at 11.30am yesterday and it just got here now, mind you I'm out in the middle of fucken nowhere :shock:

How good is that?

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Re: Voltage Controller Parts.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:59 pm
by maheel
after i got mine they started ringing me and gave me a personal "account manager" i could call for best prices etc :shock:

i only bought 2 things total under $100.....

was great service :)
the catalog they then sent woudl cost them heaps to print and send

Re: Voltage Controller Parts.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:12 pm
by 8-ball
rs are a really good company i use them for work for vairous gear sometimes they are overpriced on items but others are really good never have had bad service !!

also McStill im inquiring about the tpsr-25 and the psr-25 as far as we could work out today is that the tpsr is uk stock and the psr is aus stock other than the fact you can use a thiristor (spelling) on the tpsr. i have to go back in about 2 weeks to chat to a bloke about these controllers because it looks like using the psr-25 causes RF noise down the powerlines and energex/ergon dont like that could/will invesigate the issue also it will stuff with your fm radio and maybe your tv

Re: Voltage Controller Parts.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:35 pm
by maheel
yeah some have said about that RF noise thing
and some have said that the RF noise is BullShit around killing your tv

that said i dont have my plasma on when stilling..... ;)

as for ergon coming looking ..... i would think it would take a lot of noise to get them looking... but maybe ?

i might plug it in tomorrow (under load) and plug my radio in to the same plug and "listen"
mine is only pulling 10amps and i did not think there would be much "noise" from it?

Re: Voltage Controller Parts.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:31 pm
by 8-ball
Maheel it doesn't actually take much for energex/ergon to come looking for problems and a feedback radio frequency is something they look at

as for killing your tv it wont happen it just may make it ghost or fuzzy all depends on the TV some do play up with RF others don't

btw im an electrician by trade that's the only reason i know about the energex/ergon and feedback issue (also i usually call them if there is a problem at my job site :lol: )

Re: Voltage Controller Parts.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:39 pm
by MacStill
..... on the destruction's for the PSR-25 it does recommend the use of a filter ;)

It'll be very interesting to find out if the PTSR thermistor is usable, building a controller could cost less than $50 and no need to wait for ages buying OS or from ebay.

Looking forward to seeing what you find out 8-ball ;)

Re: Voltage Controller Parts.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:49 pm
by 8-ball
the bloke gets back in 2 weeks that knows all about this stuff i was told that he actually knows of alot cheaper way of doing it but i have to wait till he gets back from his holiday
otherwise im ordering the parts to just build one via a triac or 2 to give it ago

Re: Voltage Controller Parts.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:54 pm
by maheel
8-ball wrote:Maheel it doesn't actually take much for energex/ergon to come looking for problems and a feedback radio frequency is something they look at

as for killing your tv it wont happen it just may make it ghost or fuzzy all depends on the TV some do play up with RF others don't

btw im an electrician by trade that's the only reason i know about the energex/ergon and feedback issue (also i usually call them if there is a problem at my job site :lol: )



can we "test" for RF at home simply ?

thanks 8-ball good to have a sparky in the team here :)

Re: Voltage Controller Parts.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:40 pm
by 8-ball
not without the correct meters and i dont have them