Synths ⁽²⁹⁾

Finally, after a two year hiatus Synth DIY UK returned and it was a really great event. Lots of catching up with old friends and making of new friends. we had a turn out of around 40 people which is good and we even raised…

After swapping the dead -12V 2A fuse, I powered it up and everything stayed on for about 30 minutes. So I decided to attach the monitor, keyboard and alpha-numeric keyboard and see what happened and sure enough, we have life! Super exciting! Keep in mind…

Having swapped out the bridge rectifier for a high power one and used nice high grade thermal paste I was able to power up the PSU and sure enough, it worked, I can measure the voltages and the mains fuse does not blow. Awesome, I'm…

I finally decided I could no longer avoid removing the PSU from the case to check the capacitors, rectifiers and transformer. Now if you recall I had a problem with the scan of the service manual in that the colours of the wires were not…

I thought I'd move away from so called "social media" due to the increase in far right extremism, bigotry and general hatred in the world. This is a shame as I'll miss a lot of the people I follow on twatter, faceprat and so on,…