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G8MNY > TECH 21.11.25 17:25l 146 Lines 6931 Bytes #8 (0) @ WW BID : 45563_GB7CIP Subj: Small Alafontronica 500W UPS Path: JH4XSY<N3HYM<VE3CGR<CX2SA<ED1ZAC<GB7CIP Sent: 251121/0818Z @:GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EURO #:45563 [Caterham Surrey GBR] From: G8MNY@GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EURO To : TECH@WW By G8MNY (Updated May 16) (8 Bit ASCII graphics use code page 437 or 850, Terminal Font) This small UPS, is "supposedly up to 500W" of power. It is a 50Hz pulse width stepped square wave mains inverter all from small 7AH 12V battery when in backup mode (e.g. 55A @ 11V ?) FRONT INTENAL SIDE VIEW ﾚﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄｿ heatsink ______ ｳﾚﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄｿｳﾜﾜﾜﾜﾜﾜﾜ reg Freq Volts ｳRELAYSｳ DATA ｳｳn On[]ｳｳ =======================================================PORT ｳｳackup ｳｳﾛﾟﾟﾟﾟﾟﾟ __ ｳｳharge Off[]ｳｳﾛｳ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ｳﾚﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾁﾄｿｳﾀﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾙｳﾛｳ __________ ｳｳｳｳｳﾛｳｳｳｳｳｳｳｳﾛｳｳ MAINS ｳｳｳｳ IEC ｳｳﾛｳｳ TRANS- ｳｳｳ 12V BATTERY ｳ OUT ｳｳｳｳ FORMER ｳｳｳｳｳｳｳｳｳｳｳｳｳｳｳｳｳｳｳｳ FUSED ｳｳｳﾀﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾙｳｳｳ IEC ｳｳｳｳｳ batt fuse ｳ IN ｳｳﾀﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾙﾀﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾙﾀﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾙ DESCRIPTION The transformer has tapped primary and 2 secondaries, one into a bridge and SCR for charging. And the 2nd is the centre tapped inverter input winding. Two relays control the mains side, 1 for mains tap and other for mains connection. On power fail the mains relay releases and the 2 large Tab FET switching transistors sandwiched in the heatsink, run at 50Hz giving the waveform below. On mains return the 50Hz is 1st phase locked to the mains, before switching off and connecting back to the mains. Another relay also changes the output tap on backup mode. OUTPUT WAVEFORM with load (ringy from transformer & filter) +340Vｴﾚﾄﾄﾄｿ Peak Voltage depends on Battery state & Load current! +230Vｳｳｳ Pulse width varies to get 230V RMS? ｳｳｳ 0V ｴﾄﾄﾙﾀﾄﾄﾄｿﾚﾄｳｳｳ -230Vｳｳｳ -340Vｴﾀﾄﾄﾄﾙ USES Mainly for computerised kit, that might suffer file corruption, or even HDD damage on some power fails. But note a "non on line" UPS can still be fooled by bad "brown outs", where the mains voltage does not go straight out, but has a few cycles close to the kit's PSU safe minimum voltage (e.g. drops to 150V for 1 second while someone is blowing a fuse and then out!) So kit PSU becomes desperate for power and the UPS does not cut in, in time to stop the kit's PSU giving illegal and corrupting voltages especially to CPUs, memories, & HDDs. UNMANNED SITE MODIFICATIONS As with most UPSs, this UPS is not suitable for an unmanned site. This is because, when the battery is emptied/fails on a long discharge, not only does the output fail, but the UPS then stays in OFF mode with no output power, even when the mains is power restored! Initially I designed 2 modifications to solve this... 1/ AUTO ON RE-START I wanted the UPS to come back in automatically when the battery has recovered after discharge. On scoping around the PCB, I found the ON button was just -12V on a low current circuit, to the ON logic. There was also a pulsed +ve 18V charging waveform feeding the charge LED via 1k, that diminished to around 1V when the battery was OK. So a little scratching of head I came up with this circuit... 18V 100Hz 1N4148 1N4148 Charge ﾄﾄﾂﾄﾄ220ﾄｴ>ﾃﾄﾂﾄﾄﾄﾂﾄｴ<ﾃﾄﾄﾄﾂﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄ>ON LOGIC Pulses 1K ｳ+ ｳｳ ON _ｳ_ 10u=== 100k /button Charge_/ ｳｳｳﾄﾄﾄﾁﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾁﾄﾄﾄﾁﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾁﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄ -12v When the pulses reduce, the 10u discharges through the 100K to level were the 12V ON electronics starts up, doing a self test and back on. Although with this circuit the UPS does not come straight back on when the battery might be usable after a UPS exhaustion event, but leaves the load on normal unprotected mains via my 2/ mod. However it does come back automatically eventually & hopefully with a usable well charged battery. A label was added to warn of the modification and how to turn the unit off. e.g. POWER OFF UNIT WITH MAINS ON and then disconnect mains input. 2/ OUTPUT FAIL BYSASS RELAY By adding a small 5A double pole mains changeover relay (low current 30k AC winding) to the load side (on IEC socket), when the output fails, the relay releases and the load is then connected direct the mains. Mains L ﾄﾂﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄｿnc ﾚﾁﾄﾄﾄﾄｿ \_____ L ｳﾃﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾂﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾙｳｳL 10k ｳ UPS ｳout- ﾚｴ>ﾃﾄﾁﾄｴ>ﾃｿ LOAD ｳｳｳｳ WITH ｳｳput ﾃﾄﾄRELAYﾄﾄｴ UPS ｳｳｳｳ FAIL ｳｳN ﾀｴ>ﾃﾄﾂﾄｴ>ﾃﾙ BYPASS ｳﾃﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾁﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄｿ _____ ﾀﾂﾄﾄﾄﾄﾙ / N Mains N ﾄﾁﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾙnc But nothing is that simple, as my relay did not operate correctly and tended to Buzz on UPS changeover. So I added a 4 diodes bridge and a series R of 10K (do not use series cap on square wave mains!) This slowed down the action OK, from 10mS to <100mS. Later after 50 days of trouble free use, a failure occured blowing the 3.12A slow blow input mains fuse, I redesiged it with out this relay & also removed the mains OFF relay & bridged that out with a wire link, ﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄｿ In use this is bit better as there is less Mains filter ｳRear arcing mains relays etc. But now there is a 2s ｳof break on "power on", as the 50Hz Osc has to be Missing ｳPCB in mains sync before the C/O relay connects Volts relayｳ the mains (whether inverter is on or off!) ｳ Removed ｳ However this does not happen unless the OFF relay ｳPCB battery has flatened and then on a full ｳConnector recharge, you get a clean short break. Mains ON ｳ C/O Relay ｳ Anoying, but much prefured to blowing a fuse! ﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾙ SAFETY WARNING The 12V DC side has a 32A fuse, this is a lot of current from a 7AH battery! The fuse holder and battery connectons need to be kept clean and greased to ensure good operation and no corrosive heating at these currents. The UPS has the DC battery -ve is on the mains neutral, and not mains isolated! I did all my testing with an isolated mains supply and a scope earthed to the battery -ve. Why don't U send an interesting bul? 73 De John, G8MNY @ GB7CIP
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