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Thread ID: 135775 2013-12-11 00:26:00 Dick Smith 13.8v Power Supply - looking for information Agent_24 (57) PC World Chat
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1362252 2013-12-11 00:26:00 I have a power supply which appears to have been built from an old Dick Smith kitset. I would like to know more information about it such as specifications, schematic etc.

All I was able to find was from the PCB code, which turns up this from the old RCS Radio PCB listings:


* Mag Part Number Price X Bin Description ............. YearMth
P za ZA1364 $ 27.00 2353A VK 15-25amp 13.8v P/S mk2 1993Jan
P za ZA136464 $ 42.50 2353B VK 20-40amp 13.8v P/S mk1 1993RCS


Apprently code 'za' means Dick Smith - so maybe not a kit designed by SC\EA\ETI but actually DSE themselves. Either way, I asked them and they said they don't have any information about kits any more. Or maybe not just this one.

I'm hoping someone here might have such information or at least know something more about it.
Agent_24 (57)
1362253 2013-12-11 02:44:00 I have a power supply which appears to have been built from an old Dick Smith kitset. I would like to know more information about it such as specifications, schematic etc.

All I was able to find was from the PCB code, which turns up this from the old RCS Radio PCB listings:


* Mag Part Number Price X Bin Description ............. YearMth
P za ZA1364 $ 27.00 2353A VK 15-25amp 13.8v P/S mk2 1993Jan
P za ZA136464 $ 42.50 2353B VK 20-40amp 13.8v P/S mk1 1993RCS


Apprently code 'za' means Dick Smith - so maybe not a kit designed by SC\EA\ETI but actually DSE themselves. Either way, I asked them and they said they don't have any information about kits any more. Or maybe not just this one.

I'm hoping someone here might have such information or at least know something more about it.

Good job I didn't dump the old Electronics Australia mags into the local bookfest last May.

The power supply is called the "Enhanced Mk2 VK Powermaster"......it has to be good if it is enhanced :)
Designed by Dick Smith R&D Design Dept. described in EA January 1993.

If you will wait a few hours I'll scan and upload the pages to box.net
Terry Porritt (14)
1362254 2013-12-11 03:31:00 Here is the link to the scanned pages: app.box.com Terry Porritt (14)
1362255 2013-12-11 06:00:00 That is good service; is there an appropriate tune for the occasion? R2x1 (4628)
1362256 2013-12-11 06:12:00 Here is the link to the scanned pages: app.box.com

Thanks a bunch for that, that's definitely it! - although the one I've got here has been built in a different enclosure so it wasn't obvious where it came from...
Agent_24 (57)
1362257 2013-12-11 06:19:00 That is good service; is there an appropriate tune for the occasion?

There ought to be one, but by the time it comes to me the moment will have passed :xmouth:
Terry Porritt (14)
1362258 2013-12-11 06:56:00 There ought to be one, but by the time it comes to me the moment will have passed:

How about "thanks for the memory", it's your era and mine!
bonzo29 (2348)
1362259 2013-12-11 08:34:00 They just don't make unforgettable tunes like they used to - - - R2x1 (4628)
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