Teardown

Over 50 videos and articles of high voltage, high power equipment that is taken apart and shown what is inside and how it works! X-RAY, UPS etc

Danaher DMC2 30151P Servo Drive Teardown

The Danaher DMC2 30151P servo drive is rated for 3.5 A at 3 phased 240 VAC, 0 – 400 Hz. The DMC2 series drives seems to have been sold as OEM products with different names like Kollmorgen, InMotion or Thomson Industries. These drives are available on surplus market for medical devices in radiology, so presumably […]

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Scientific Atlanta (Cisco) 1 GHz Combiner and PSU Teardown

Teardown of Cisco / Atlanta Scientific Cable TV combining amplifier. These small amplifiers are used in receiver stations with combining amplifiers to send out the different channels on a single cable. In houses a splitter is used to receive this signal and distribute to more households. Historically CATV is short for Community Antenna TV. A

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Fronius IG Plus 2LT-2: 6 kW Solar Inverter Teardown and Analysis

At last a teardown of a 6 kW solar inverter, the Fronius IG Plus 2LT-2. Two phased system split into two inverter boards, based on TO-247 devices in the power electronics section. As always I would like to invite you to join the discussion of this project. And many other exciting DIY electronics projects at

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APC Smart-UPS 1500VA Teardown

A teardown of a desktop UPS, the APC Smart-UPS 1500, a run down of the controller and power electronics of the system. Data on the unit (which is currently replaced by a newer unit with same model number “APC Smart-UPS SMT1500IC”): https://www.apc.com/shop/dk/en/products/APC-Smart-UPS-Line-Interactive-1500VA-Tower-230V-8x-IEC-C13-outlets-SmartConnect-Port-SmartSlot-AVR-LCD/P-SMT1500IC If you want to see more UPS teardown videos, pictures and articles, I

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Smoke Screen Machine Protect 950 XP – Teardown of a Smoke Cannon!

I found a old and discarded smoke cannon at a scrap yard! It looked in rough shape, but still had some oil in its container. With a bit experimentation and at last forcefully feeding it oil, it gave off its smoke! As a bonus, I got most of my workshop lubricated from half-burned oil smoke

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