Has my power supply gone bad? It was working great up until this afternoon, then it wouldn’t fire. You can see the power light comes on then gradually fades to off after about 10 seconds.
Unplug the dc connectors (all but the left connector) and then power up and see if the led fades again.
@S_Th1 ok, that looks like the 5V supply or something that feeds it is broken. That LED is connected to the 5V regulator on the LPS.
Can you measure the 5V and 24V on that supply unloaded with a DVM?
Is this a stock machine or modified? If modified what is connected to the 5 &24V?
Both 5V and 24V are good. I do have a separate PC PSU connected to the main power in parallel with the laser PSU to run accessories. So nothing is connected to the laser PSU except the digital control board and the motion control board. I even disconnected the LED strip that came with the unit.
Both the digital control and the motion control seem to be functioning normally. The four output pins of the digital control read 0V, 5V, and two output the control voltage between 0-5V (though only one is connected to a cable). And the steppers home normally on power up.
@S_Th1 …with nothing plugged into the LPS** but the AC connector and the power on,… the 5V and 24V reads good? Does the LED fade in this test?
** “So nothing is connected to the laser PSU except the digital control board and the motion control board.” ???
That is correct. 5V and 24V read good with the green connecter attached (AC input) and all of the white connectors unattached. They even read good after the LED has faded out.
@S_Th1 this is very strange. Certainly something is wrong as the laser is not firing.
The LED hangs on the output of a 5V regulator which is fed by the 24V switching supply. At least one of those voltages should fade if the LED fades.
Looks like the LPS is bad but not clear why?
As a stab in the dark does the laser fire with the test button down on the LPS next to the power light?
@donkjr Nope, test button on the LPS doesn’t fire the laser either. I must really be in a bad way if the great Don K doesn’t have an answer. Luckily I had an EBay coupon and was able to order a replacement LPS that’s only gonna cost me $35. Maybe I’ll send you the old one to tinker with.