vintage tattoo power supply

Bones post on how to ready a tattoo power supply using a vintage 2007 Hildbrandt pre-Spartan power supply as example.  Nosotros stumbled upon this broken unit when we were cleaning out the workshop.  I believe this was the one nosotros used to utilize to quality check our machines.  This vintage 2007 Hildbrandt was the predecessor to the Spartan, at present with a LCD screen and some improvements to the transformer and heat dispersion. Anyway, we'll go over some of the nigh mutual problems that occur.

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Power Cord Dead

This unremarkably happens when the wiring in the cord loses connectivity due to wear and tear. For instance, the Hildbrandt pre-Spartan had a discrete wire that was supposed to be attached to the voltage switch, this likely happened from someone yanking on the string or unit of measurement when it was yet attached to the wall. The easiest manner to check if your power cord is the problem is past getting another power cord to test your ability supply with. For most tattoo power supplies, the cord (if it is detachable) is the same detachable cord as your computer, common kitchen appliance or electronics. Grab some other string from one of those devices and utilize information technology with the ability supply. If the unit works with the replacement string, the problem was your ability string. This trouble is a common 1. The Hildbrandt pre-Spartan unit nosotros were fixing did non take a detachable cord merely when we opened it upwards, it was obvious the ability cord was unattached, so we soldered information technology dorsum and the unit worked fine with the exception that we no longer had the voltage knob for it.

Human foot Pedal Problem

Human foot pedals volition break or lose connectivity. Common problem is the wire that attaches the pedal to the power unit of measurement. If you lot yank on the pedal or the wires go twisted because you kick information technology effectually, the copper wiring may interruption inside the wire. The plug is a common identify for the break to occur. Check information technology past unscrewing the housing and seeing if the negative and positive wires are still attached to the plug. If either one of those wires are detached or if the positive and negative is touching each other, the pedal will non work. If they are touching, separate them. If either i is not attached, solder the wire back. If you have another pes pedal handy, employ that 1 to examination to run into if it is indeed the foot pedal that is the problem. Information technology is always best to keep at least i or ii additional pedals effectually merely in instance, they are cheap to buy anyways.

Clip Cord Problem

Clip string problems are the aforementioned as foot pedal bug, the main trouble is the wire that attaches the clip cord to the power supply. Check the mono plug the same manner you lot did the foot pedal. If you take another clip cord handy, utilize that one to examination to see if it is indeed the clip cord that is the problem. It is e'er all-time to keep at least 1 or 2 boosted clip cords around, they don't cost much anyways.

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Taking Apart the Power Supply to Fix it

Taking apart the power supply to fix information technology is a last resort. We opened up this Hildbrandt pre-Spartan and found the issue immediately as we saw that a wire was non attached properly. Generally speaking, the only thing that is fixable when you open one upwardly is detached wires. It is unlikely that the components volition be fixable.  Check to see if y'all even so have warranty, if yous do, it may be meliorate to only send it in to get fixed every bit taking information technology apart may void the warranty.  Our power supplies come with a 6 calendar month warranty timed from the date of purchase.