mrtweaver
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Recently I took a test for a tech position. There is one question to which I feel I could have answered better. I am taking a poll here to see how others would have answer it.
THe question was: Design a 24Vdc power supply.
My answer: I am sorry there is not enough information here to properly design a power supply. I require the following information to design it properly:
a. The incomming supply voltage
b. The load type and rating
c. How clean/filtered the dc's requirments are
Then at the bottom of my answer i drew a simple power supply with step down transformer, full wave rectifier and filter caps with the notation that the above information would make the drawing and specification of part more accurate.
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I think there was a better way to answer this that would have been shorter but just dont know. Maybe I put to much thought behind the question and answer. SO how would the rest of the skill professionals answer such a question??
Thanks and have a great day.
THe question was: Design a 24Vdc power supply.
My answer: I am sorry there is not enough information here to properly design a power supply. I require the following information to design it properly:
a. The incomming supply voltage
b. The load type and rating
c. How clean/filtered the dc's requirments are
Then at the bottom of my answer i drew a simple power supply with step down transformer, full wave rectifier and filter caps with the notation that the above information would make the drawing and specification of part more accurate.
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I think there was a better way to answer this that would have been shorter but just dont know. Maybe I put to much thought behind the question and answer. SO how would the rest of the skill professionals answer such a question??
Thanks and have a great day.