Abbott Transistor now seems to be Abbot Tech
Can’t find any specs on this. Perhaps someone with more google fu can find it.
Keep it , bin it, sell on eBay, start up a new VHS Museum, claim it?
Abbott Transistor now seems to be Abbot Tech
Can’t find any specs on this. Perhaps someone with more google fu can find it.
Keep it , bin it, sell on eBay, start up a new VHS Museum, claim it?
I would love to use it for Power Electronics/Power Supply related tinkering.
Thanks,
RK
Specs here: http://abbott-tech.com/wp-content/files_mf/knpnkntn.pdf
This is a lab-quality inverter. I feel like we should keep it, but I don’t know if I can justify that feeling. If the output is completely isolated, then this would be a good stand-in for an isolation transformer to use our oscilloscope with AC
Agree, keep
Feeding this inverter with an isolated power supply will result in isolation. At least, if no ground or common is added in. Our GW (ex Nokia) Lab power supplies are isolated, so it could work with those, though they may not provide enough amps if you need to draw full power. Expect this inverter to require about 8-10 amps of input current under maximum load conditions.
But what if it doesn’t work (i.e. dried up old capacitors in the LPF)? Would make the decision a lot easier …
TRUE SINEWAVE. Fix it, don’t trash it!
I ran an oscilloscope off a cheap car battery inverter (modified sine wave) at one time. Worked OK, no harm to the scope.
'scopes have a great power front end. Other electronics and some motors don’t do so good on the crude “modified sinewave” models. Heck, some phone chargers balk at that waveform, from what I heard.
May be useful if someone wants to experiment with PV solar panels powering mains equipment.
“May be useful if someone wants to experiment with PV solar panels powering mains equipment” I would not be surprised that is what it was designed for.
Keep
Keep (for Alternative Energy related hacking).
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