Thread: A peek inside a Black Box

Quote: Originally Posted by glens Page 2? Is it in fact a wye (star) connection or did you merely draw it that way? That's 200mv AC scale? What's the actual AC voltage present? Well I do know the common stator tie is not grounded so I figured it was wye. I took these waveforms at the Maxi fuse which is somewhat close to the battery. But your right, I should have measured the AC ripple amplitude and included it. The scales on the...

If there's a common at all, it's a wye. Very interesting writeup.

In a nutshell what Hoop did was verify the construction of the electronics is old reliable tech from the 70's. He found basic passive components like resistors, capacitors and coils individually packaged..."discrete" and individual in their functions. The only new tech "solid state" devices were diodes, transistors (dual diodes) and "gated diodes" SCR silicon controlled rectifiers,...

Bravo! A great report. Thanks Hoople..very "useful" info.

Navy mechanics are called knuckle draggers for a reason. Don't understand what was written, but it made a good read. Thanks Hoop

I have no clue what you guys just said ..but it sounds impressive...

I am with you Tigg, I am just a meat and potatoes guy. Nothing too fancy for me but glad that we have the talents here to help us out. kemo

Very interesting. Brought back memories from college days, learning and lab exercises with SCRs. Thanks for doing this and sharing.