Connecting a dummy load to a switching power supply is not something you can do whenever you want!

When calculating the starting current and working current of the power supply, the formula I=U/R can be used to calculate: when the power supply starts, the load current is 100V/50Ω=2A, and when the power supply is working, the load current is 100V/500Ω=0.2A. However, it should be noted that the above is a theoretical calculation and may be different in practice. In order to reduce the starting current, a 50W soldering iron can be used as a dummy load (the cold and hot resistance values ​​are both 900Ω) or a 50W/300Ω resistor, which is more accurate than using a 60W bulb.

Some power supplies can be directly connected to dummy loads, but some cannot. Specific problems need to be analyzed specifically. The following is a detailed explanation of the three situations.

The first category is a separately excited switching power supply. For separately excited power supplies without line pulse synchronization (such as Changhong N2918 color TV), the line load can be disconnected and a dummy load can be directly connected. For separately excited switching power supplies with line pulse frequency locking and indirect sampling (such as Panda 2928 color TV), when a dummy load is directly connected (especially when a large power bulb such as 150W is connected), the output voltage may drop a lot or there will be no output, because for this type of power supply, although the addition of line pulses only plays the role of synchronization and frequency locking, and does not participate in oscillation, the line synchronization pulse can advance the conduction time of the switch tube, and the power supply has the strongest load carrying capacity at this time. If the line load is disconnected, the line synchronization pulse will lose its function, and the power supply's load carrying capacity will inevitably decrease. In addition, the voltage stabilization sensitivity of the power supply with indirect sampling is low, and the output voltage will inevitably decrease. However, if the voltage stabilization circuit of this type of power supply adopts direct sampling (the sampling voltage is taken from the secondary of the switching transformer), due to the high voltage stabilization sensitivity, the line load can be disconnected and a dummy load can be directly connected, or even no-load maintenance can be performed. The second type is a switching power supply with line pulse synchronization. The line load can be disconnected and a dummy load can be directly connected. This type of switching power supply is a purely self-excited switching power supply. The purpose of introducing a positive line reverse pulse at the base of the switch tube is to synchronize the self-excited oscillation of the switch tube with the line pulse, and to limit the interference of the pulse radiation of the switching power supply on the oblique stripes of the screen to the line scanning reverse process, so that no interference can be seen on the screen. The line pulse added to the base of the switch tube only makes the switch tube turn on early during the cut-off period, and basically does not constitute an auxiliary excitation function. Therefore, it is called a switching power supply with line pulse synchronization. The method to determine whether it belongs to this type of power supply is that when the line reverse pulse is disconnected, the switching power supply only makes a sound (because the oscillation frequency becomes lower), and the output voltage does not drop. Therefore, this power supply can disconnect the line scanning circuit and use the dummy load method for maintenance.

The third category is the switching power supply with line pulse auxiliary excitation. The line reverse pulse of this switching power supply not only completes the synchronization of the self-excited oscillation frequency of the switching power supply, but also constitutes an indispensable part of the feedback network of the switching tube. The working process of this switching power supply is: after the power is turned on, the switching tube generates self-excited oscillation. Under the rated load, its feedback network can only make the output end produce a voltage 40% lower than the normal output. This voltage starts the line scan, and the line pulse is fed back to the switching tube for auxiliary excitation to achieve the rated voltage output. There are two purposes for this: one is to have a step-down protection function. Once the line scan circuit fails, whether it is open or short-circuited, the output voltage of the switching power supply is reduced to 60% of the original value, so that the damage range is reduced. Second, both the power supply and the line scan have a very short soft start process to reduce the failure rate of the power supply and the line scan. For this type of power supply, if the feedback line pulse circuit is removed, the output voltage of the power supply will drop by 40% to 60%, or even the output voltage is very low. Obviously, this power supply cannot be directly disconnected from the line scan and repaired by the dummy load method, because even if the power supply circuit is normal at this time, it is impossible to output the rated voltage. The method to distinguish between power supply and line scanning circuit failure is to use an external power supply to power the line scanning circuit alone. If the line scanning circuit works normally, it means that the switching power supply is faulty.