TSP #267 – Power Supply from Hell! Surprising Repair of the Condor SP1016 Arcade Power Supply

In this episode Shahriar takes a look at a 1984 Condor power supply from an old arcade machine. Multiple repair attempts of this supply had failed. Examining the schematics reveals how easily this power supply can self-destruct if the primary NPN switching transistor would fail.

The power supply arrived with a bag of replacement components including the power NPN device. But something doesn’t seem right with the parts. Taking apart the original and replacement transistor tells us everything we need to know…

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