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
This Sedecal SHF-330, with HF meaning High Frequency, was originally a 37.5 kW x-ray high voltage generator. It later received an upgrade, to a Sedecal SHF-530, which is a 50 kW 500mA x-ray high voltage generator. This x-ray generator comes in 3 different versions. Line powered drawing all power directly from mains, 20-50 kW. Capacitor […]
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Test and teardown of a Eaton 9355 UPS (formerly the Powerware 9355). It is a three-phase, double-conversion online UPS. Output power ranges from 10-15 kVA in a changeover scenario as follows: 150% for 5 sec / 125% for 1 min (online), 110% for 10 min. Battery type is 9 Ah, sealed, lead-acid, maintenance-free. Battery charger
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Teardown, cleaning and test of a Fluke Helios Plus 2287A Data Acquisition Frontend and 2181A Extender. The Frontend and extender features two Fluke 2280A-161 High Performance A/D Converter 2280A161 cards and nine 20-channel RTD/Resistance Scanner modules, for a total of 180 inputs in this setup with a Frontend and Extender. Discussion of this equipment can
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Teardown of a standalone x-ray head from Showa (Made in Japan). Capable of outputting 100 kV at 35 mA for up to 10 second exposure times. It comes as a complete unit with collimator, only to be supplied with 230 VAC and operated with external trigger. If you like to see more teardown articles, pictures
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Teardown of a 8 kW induction cooktop, supplied from 2 single phase mains and neutral. Modular construction with two inverter modules and changeable coils. To get a full explanation on Quasi-Resonant induction heaters, check out my teardown and hacking videos on the IKEA Tillredda induction stoves. Induction Heater Coils The induction stove coils are almost
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A teardown of a Migatronic FocusStick 161E stick welder. I take apart and show the current paths of the system. This stick welder is adjustable from 20 to 160 Ampere. If you love welding machines, check out my other videos and articles on TIG & Stick Welder, Migatronic Pilot 1800 Teardown, ESAB Power TIG 200
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Tesla Coil Teardown and test of a Post-Soviet era Tesla coil. Hardware and circuit analysis with a spark throwing test. For a discussion of teardown and hardware, come on over to HVF and join the fun 🙂 Tesla Coil Hardware This Tesla coil teardown revealed a pretty solid build, but with a few bad design
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Teardown of Cisco / Scientific Atlanta Cable TV optical node and drop amplifier. These are modern versions running on fiber networks. These small amplifiers are used in houses where it is not practical to use a receiving antenna to get the signal from the broadcast headend transmitter. They are also called a “service drop”. Back
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