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

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Nokia Siemens Networks Flexi WCDMA Teardown: Power Amplifier (Part 2 of 3)

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Nokia Siemens Networks Flexi Multiradio BTS is a GSM/EDGE, WCDMA/(I-)HSPA, and LTE base station for use in mobile telecommunication antenna networks. A network that you use daily on your cellphone. Part 1: System station and Part 3: Antenna The following 12 minute video shows the teardown step by step with explanations, high resolution pictures of […]

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Nokia Siemens Networks Flexi WCDMA Teardown: System Station (Part 1 of 3)

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Nokia Siemens Networks Flexi Multiradio BTS is a GSM/EDGE, WCDMA/(I-)HSPA, and LTE base station for use in mobile telecommunication antenna networks. A network that you use daily on your cellphone. Part 2: Power amplifier and Part 3: Antenna In the above picture we  see the first DSP board that was visible when the first shield was taken

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Ericsson RBS 2216 900 MHz base station teardown

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The Ericsson RBS 2216 is a 900 MHz GSM base station that would have been installed at the base of a antenna somewhere out in the field of mobile telecommunication networks. The enclosure contains one BFU-31 battery fuse and relay unit, three PSU-AC 27.2 VDC 1520 Watt power supplies, one DXU-31 central processing unit and

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Teardown – Eaton Powerware 30 kVA UPS

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I had the chance to take this Eaton Powerware 30 kVA / 27 kW (9355-30-N-7-2x9Ah) uninterrupted power supply apart to look for parts worth salvaging for future reuse in other projects. Looking up the type on the Eaton website we learn that it is a UPS using double conversion topology that provides isolation from all

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Teardown – Schneider Electric Frequency Inverter ALTIVAR71

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I picked up two of there 5.5kW frequency inverters from a scrap yard. Both assumed to be thrown out due to malfunction. I took them home to dismantle them for parts to use in other projects. First we have the front and two stickers, one with specifications and the other with end of life information.

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