Durst-Pro-USA EST1500N Power Supply, does anyone have experience with one?

[DanielStone]

Hey all,

Does anyone have experience with the Durst-Pro-USA made EST1500N power supply?
http://www.durst-pro-usa.com/power_supply.php

I'm looking at a Durst 1200 w/ a CLS501 colorhead for sale locally, but I believe that the power supply/transformer box is fried. Seller doesn't know, and isn't being super helpful in terms of working with me to find a solution(well what's new

?).

Anyhow, at close to $1000 for the power supply alone, I'm just wondering if there's a potential way to re-wire, and or bypass the original need have this box in the first place? Something along the line of running a simple switch to a 250W Halogen outlet? That way I could simply "plug it in", as the filtration adjustments are fully manual, no controller box for the filter assembly.
I'm NOT looking to "go cheap", as I've always found that going cheap gets me exactly that: cheap results that don't last for long.

**Please, if we can, I'm aware of multiple instances from folks here on the forum that have had bad experiences with Jens/DPUSA. I'm simply asking about this unit and its build quality.***
If I were to purchase one, I'd probably do a road trip up to Oregon to pick it up in-person. Might as well do some shooting in the process

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thx,
Dan

 

[paul_c5x4]

First off, the L1200/CLS501 would (most likely) use a TRA450 power supply - These are pretty crude internally and can be repaired fairly easily. If the transformer is burnt out and a suitable "off the shelf" replacement can not be found, you should be able to find someone to rewind it for you. Heck, if it came to it, Radio Shack (or equivalent) should be able to provide a 24V DC stabilised power supply.

If you need one, I have a copy of the wiring diagram for the TRA450.

 

[ic-racer]

EST500 and TRA500 supplies show up on eBay, though sometimes they come with a free enlarger and sometimes they dont work. Here is a Link to additional info: (there was a url link here which no longer exists)
Sure one might design and build a power supply that does what Jens' unit does, but I suspect if you knew how to do that you'd be posting a "how-to" thread.
You have the manual showing the power supplies and hookup? http://www.galerie-photo.com/manuels/durst-l1200-manual.pdf