A peek inside the Power Designs HV-1556 6 kV High Voltage Supply

[MarkPalmer]

There were pictures of the internals of one of the 3 kV Power Designs high voltage supplies posted here on EEV Blog last year.  Here are the insides of the HV-1556 6 kV model.  Sort of the same thing just on a larger scale.  Bigger paper-in-oil Sprague caps, bigger ceramic range switches, and the same type of encapsulated wire-wound precision resistors.  The biggest difference is only a single Eimac 4-65 tube is used as the regulator.  I had to replace a few e-caps to get it safe for power on, which thankfully was uneventful and everything works as it should.  I put a new neon bulb in for the power indicator, and converted the funky output connectors (rear only) to standard binding posts.     





-Mark-

[HiTech]

Nice piece of equipment but I question the John Cena toy action figure. Hopefully the Pwr. Design has a better reputation for stamina and performance than Cena does!! LOL

[MarkPalmer]

Not even the 15 time world champion could lure any excitement to this fine power supply       Next time I'll feature Randy Orton taking apart a stupid cheap Chinese multimeter 

-Mark-

[idpromnut]

Not even the 15 time world champion could lure any excitement to this fine power supply       Next time I'll feature Randy Orton taking apart a stupid cheap Chinese multimeter 

-Mark-

Just a note, I had to change my boxers TWICE while looking at the above tear down pics.