Increasing the output voltage of the Skynet 8080 SMPS?

grkn · 6th March 2009, 01:06 PM

I'm currently using one to power my Trends TA-10.1, but could use some more juice - is it possible? And if, is there any point in upping the voltage to say 14 or 15V? I've mounted a heatsink on the chip, so it should be fine.

It seems to have a voltage regulator..thingie.

Cheers,
Johan

grkn · 6th March 2009, 02:31 PM

Update: could turn (literally) the voltage up to 13.68V, works fine, but are there any potential downsides to this?

Cheers

kristleifur · 6th March 2009, 04:01 PM

Only that you may need slightly better heatsinking of the Tripath chip. If it's already heatsunk, you should be good. Just have an extra look at the maximum voltage specs just to be sure.

At least that's from the amp side. Don't know how the SMPS likes the extra power, but it shouldn't be TOO bad since it's not operating at full peak power all the time.

6th March 2009, 01:06 PM	#1
grkn diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: dsfds	Increasing the output voltage of the Skynet 8080 SMPS? I'm currently using one to power my Trends TA-10.1, but could use some more juice - is it possible? And if, is there any point in upping the voltage to say 14 or 15V? I've mounted a heatsink on the chip, so it should be fine. It seems to have a voltage regulator..thingie. Cheers, Johan

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6th March 2009, 02:31 PM	#2
grkn diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: dsfds	Update: could turn (literally) the voltage up to 13.68V, works fine, but are there any potential downsides to this? Cheers

6th March 2009, 04:01 PM	#3
kristleifur diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Reykjavík	Only that you may need slightly better heatsinking of the Tripath chip. If it's already heatsunk, you should be good. Just have an extra look at the maximum voltage specs just to be sure. At least that's from the amp side. Don't know how the SMPS likes the extra power, but it shouldn't be TOO bad since it's not operating at full peak power all the time.