475 - PSU loading, recase?

[CJ_Miller]

Thanks to Scott's recent garage sale, I finally have an LC. It's cool how much Mac they squeezed on to those little chips. I already have a few extras in mind here: full 040 is on the way, and I have an LC ][e PDS card here.

Thing is that I am worried about overloading the PSU. With the above two things, and seeing that the ][ drives are bus powered, and maybe hang a port-powered MIDI interface or two off the back...

Anybody have any stories for or against the reliability of these things? Thinking of maybe recasing it in a rack with a more robust PSU and build in the ][ drives, but of course this turns it into a bit of a project. Same thing happening with my Atari Mega2 and it has been a pile of parts for three years while I try to figure out how to finish it. What do do?

 

[beachycove]

The PSU is not known for failing, and thus I would not worry unduly about it.

If you do have concerns, bide your time and pick up a spare locally when the opportunity arises. LCs and LC parts are plentiful (heck, I could sell you several), and even shipping for one of those little PSUs, or indeed the whole machine, would be cheap.

The LC475 is a great little machine. You will, however, need to deal with more heat in the case with the full 040 installed. A heatsink or an inverted casefan (drawing air up rather than pushing air out) might be worth experimenting with in this connection.

 

[joshc]

If you're worried about the PSU, you could replace all the capacitors inside it with new ones.