Difference between revisions of "Power Supply Triage"

Revision as of 12:01, 11 March 2008

Power supply sorting is done in System Evaluation.

Sort

Create a temporary place for two piles:

Keep
Recycle

Follow the triage flow chart below to determine which pile to put the power supply in. You will need to test some power supplies to do this.

Chart

This is a graph with borders and nodes. Maybe there is an Imagemap used so the nodes may be linking to some Pages.

Test

Get the ATX power supply tester from a Build Coordinator (Dave or Martin), or ask any staff member. You can also check and see if the store has one. If you can't find a tester...move on to a different project, one will turn up eventually.
For each power supply that needs to be tested, do these things:
1. Plus each power supply into outlet
2. Connect the tester to the ATX connector
3. Check lights (solid lights are good)
4. Put failures in Recycle pile (as directed in the Triage chart)
When finished, give the power supply tester back to Build Coordinator

Receiving

Count how many power supplies you have that are heading to the Thrift Store.
As a receiver, clone that many ATX power supplies
Write out labels and affix to the good power supplies

Where to put them

Power supplies in your Recycle pile go straight to Recycling after they are signed off by the Eval instructor. There is no need to receive or label them.

Thrift Store: Give them to whoever is on duty behind the counter at the Thrift Store.
Wholesale Shelf: The wholesale shelf is in the warehouse immediately on the right as you enter from the testing and evaluation areas. (The first two shelf bays.)
Recycle: Take these to the recycling area in the warehouse and ask the recyclers where they want them.

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+__NOTOC__
+Power supply sorting is done in [[System Evaluation]].
+== Sort ==
+Create a temporary place for two piles:
+* Keep
+* Recycle
+Follow the triage flow chart below to determine which pile to put the power supply in. You will need to test some power supplies to do this.
+==Chart==
 <graphviz>
- digraph H {
+  digraph POWERSUPPLYTRIAGE {
- node [fontname="Helvetica", fontsize="11"]
+  node [fontname="Helvetica", fontsize="11"]
-   edge [fontname="Helvetica"]
+  edge [fontname="Helvetica"]
-start           [label="START HERE", shape="box", style="bold"]
-blackcord       [label="Does it have a thick black cord?"]
-shape           [label="Is it the same shape and size\n as the power supply marked 'EXAMPLE'?\nLittle metal rails don't count as different;\nexternal fans do."]
-compaq          [label="Does it say 'COMPAQ' on its label?"]
-broken          [label="Is it broken?\nDoes it have clipped cords or an open case?\nDid somebody write 'BAD' on it?"]
-recycle         [label="RECYCLE\nClip all cords. Separate cords into thick and thin wire bins.\nPut the power supply in the 'RECYCLE' bin on the cart." shape="box", style="bold"]
-keep            [label="KEEP\nPut the power supply in one of the 'KEEP' bins on the cart."  shape="box", style="bold"]
-start -> blackcord
+  at        [label="Is it an AT?\n(not an ATX)"]
-blackcord -> recycle [taillabel="YES"]
+  start     [label="START HERE", shape="box", style="bold"]
-blackcord -> shape [label="NO"]
+  blackcord [label="Does it have a thick black cord?"]
+  shape     [label="Is it the same shape and size\n as the power supply marked 'EXAMPLE'?\nLittle metal rails don't count as different;\nexternal fans do."]
+  compaq    [label="Does it say 'COMPAQ' on its label?"]
+  broken    [label="Is it broken?\nDoes it have clipped cords or an open case?\nDid somebody write 'BAD' on it?"]
+  recycle   [label="RECYCLE\nClip all cords. Separate cords into thick and thin wire bins.\nPut the power supply in the 'RECYCLE' bin on the cart." shape="box", style="bold"]
+  test      [label="TEST IT\nDoes it work?"]
+  keep      [label="KEEP\nPut the power supply in one of the 'KEEP' bins on the cart."  shape="box", style="bold"]
-shape -> broken [label="YES"]
+  start -> at
-shape -> recycle [taillabel="NO"]
+  at -> recycle [label="YES"]
+  at -> blackcord [label="NO"]
+  blackcord -> recycle [taillabel="YES"]
+  blackcord -> shape [label="NO"]
-broken -> recycle [taillabel="YES"]
+  shape -> broken [label="YES"]
-broken -> compaq [label="NO"]
+  shape -> recycle [taillabel="NO"]
-compaq -> recycle [label="YES"]
+  broken -> recycle [taillabel="YES"]
-compaq -> keep [label="NO"]
+  broken -> compaq [label="NO"]
+  compaq -> recycle [label="YES"]
+  compaq -> test
+  test -> recycle [label="NO"]
+  test -> keep [label="YES"]
    }
 </graphviz>
+== Test ==
+* Get the ATX power supply tester from a Build Coordinator (Dave or Martin), or ask any staff member. You can also check and see if the store has one. If you can't find a tester...move on to a different project, one will turn up eventually.
+* For each power supply that needs to be tested, do these things:
+*# Plus each power supply into outlet
+*# Connect the tester to the ATX connector
+*# Check lights (solid lights are good)
+*# Put failures in Recycle pile (as directed in the Triage chart)
+* When finished, give the power supply tester back to Build Coordinator
+== Receiving ==
+* Count how many power supplies you have that are heading to the Thrift Store.
+* As a receiver, clone that many ATX power supplies
+* Write out labels and affix to the good power supplies
+== Where to put them ==
+* Power supplies in your Recycle pile go straight to Recycling after they are signed off by the Eval instructor. There is no need to receive or label them.
+; Thrift Store
+: Give them to whoever is on duty behind the counter at the Thrift Store.
+; Wholesale Shelf
+: The wholesale shelf is in the warehouse immediately on the right as you enter from the testing and evaluation areas. (The first two shelf bays.)
+; Recycle
+: Take these to the recycling area in the warehouse and ask the recyclers where they want them.
+[[Category: Prebuild]]