Repairing a PURE SSW-1817 power supply
My thanks to H. Hans-Jürgen Weber who contacted me for help repairing a PURE Avanti Flow problem recently. He asked:
"The power supply of my Avanti is broken. The transistor Q1 is broken and the labeling is illegible (TIP ?? c, 144). Can you help me there? Do you have a circuit schematic? Thank You and best regards from Germany, Hans-Jürgen."
Unfortunately I don't have a circuit diagram and PURE was always very awkward about releasing circuit details, like most makers they guard their IP closely. If it's the PURE SSW-1817 power supply, problems seem to be common on the Pure Avanti judging by online forums.
Photo of damaged transistor:
Although I don’t have a schematic, I used some Photoshop filters on the burnt-out transistor and reckoned it was a very common TIP32C:
I also suggested it’s worth swapping the old electrolytic capacitors at the same time, which Hans-Jürgen proceeded to do. He replied:
“The radio is fixed and it works again. I exchanged the transistor TIP32C (picture 1) and a capacitor 1200 µf / 35V and as a precaution a capacitor 680 µF / 10V. Here are a few photos of it. The housing can be opened using 8 screws on the back. The back can then be pulled out (Fig. 6). After unplugging three plugs, the power supply unit can be removed by loosening four screws (Fig. 5). The power supply unit (Fig. 4) can also be opened by loosening four screws.
"After loosening the screws for the circuit board, the defective transistor and the two capacitors were replaced (Fig. 2 and 3). Now just reassemble everything and the radio will work again (Fig. 7). The repair cost less than €2.5 euros. But prevents a lot of electronic waste!
"Thank you for your help. In 2019 I was able to repair my PURE Evoke Flow (see my entry on your homepage from May 27, 2019 at 18:56 | Unregistered CommenterHJW). You are welcome to use the pictures and the text for a publication. Best regards, Hans-Jürgen”
Thanks as ever go to David Pye who wrote:
Reader Comments (2)
Hello
I have a problem with this power supply. Spalił się rezystor R5 i nie mogę odczytać jego wartości. [R5 is burnt out and I can't read its value.] Can you send a picture of the markings of this resistor or its value?
Thank you in advance.
[LATER]
The colors of this R5 resistor are yellow, unknown, black and gold, so it is either 43Ohm or 47Ohm. The power supply works steadily on both, giving 18.90V and 6.20V. You can add this comment on the site.
Good afternoon,
I have a problem with this PSU. Could you tell me what voltages I would expect on each of the output pins, please? Thanks in advance.
Regards, Mike.