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Differential probe for offline PFC'd PSU
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Faringdon:
Thanks yes i must admit those Telonic prices are  a lot better than some others.
Faringdon:
Thanks for these great answers, and thanks jc101  i now have the micsig diff probe and its very good.
Of course, when i probe the current sense resistor (burden) of my PFC it is just full of pickup as these diff probes have each probe on separate lead......so i think i will still need to buy an isolation transformer so that i can use a  home-brew coaxial probe to look at it without so much common mode junk in the way.

Alternatively i woudl like to take the back off the scope, measure the DC output of the offline SMPS... disconnect it, then feed in a isolated DC supply and then i have a floating scope.
Its a Tenma 72-8225
nctnico:

--- Quote from: Faringdon on August 10, 2022, 07:45:26 am ---Thanks for these great answers, and thanks jc101  i now have the micsig diff probe and its very good.
Of course, when i probe the current sense resistor (burden) of my PFC it is just full of pickup as these diff probes have each probe on separate lead......so i think i will still need to buy an isolation transformer so that i can use a  home-brew coaxial probe to look at it without so much common mode junk in the way.

Alternatively i woudl like to take the back off the scope, measure the DC output of the offline SMPS... disconnect it, then feed in a isolated DC supply and then i have a floating scope.
Its a Tenma 72-8225

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Don't do that (unless you have a death wish). Buy a current probe instead!
Faringdon:
Thanks, the output current of the secondary  is just 100mA peak, so i dont think i can buy current probe to see that small?
jc101:
The current probes from Teleonic will see that, I was using them down to 15ma just fine. I can look the model number out tomorrow.
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