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Your power supply appears to be missing the Y capacitor which will make it more difficult to measure the output noise (the 2V you are seeing is almost surely not real). It does have what look likes a nice common-mode choke and X capacitor(s).

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The purpose of this capacitor is to conduct some of the 67kHz switching noise out to the earth terminal. It must be a safety rated capacitor designed for Y use. Don't just stick any old cap in there- this is a safety issue.

http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnvar/20130521/CL18315

To get a better measurement, try grounding the supply output to earth and using a differential measurement on the output terminals (A-B with two scope probes). Just grounding the output deliberately (not through the scope probe) should help.

Your power supply appears to be missing the Y capacitor which will make it more difficult to measure the output noise (the 2V you are seeing is almost surely not real). It does have what look likes a nice common-mode choke and X capacitor(s).

enter image description here

The purpose of this capacitor is to conduct some of the 67kHz switching noise out to the earth terminal. It must be a safety rated capacitor designed for Y use. Don't just stick any old cap in there- this is a safety issue.

To get a better measurement, try grounding the supply output to earth and using a differential measurement on the output terminals (A-B with two scope probes). Just grounding the output deliberately (not through the scope probe) should help.

Your power supply appears to be missing the Y capacitor which will make it more difficult to measure the output noise (the 2V you are seeing is almost surely not real). It does have what look likes a nice common-mode choke and X capacitor(s).

enter image description here

The purpose of this capacitor is to conduct some of the 67kHz switching noise out to the earth terminal. It must be a safety rated capacitor designed for Y use. Don't just stick any old cap in there- this is a safety issue.

http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnvar/20130521/CL18315

To get a better measurement, try grounding the supply output to earth and using a differential measurement on the output terminals (A-B with two scope probes). Just grounding the output deliberately (not through the scope probe) should help.

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Spehro 'speff' Pefhany
  • 422.9k
  • 23
  • 352
  • 952

Your power supply appears to be missing the Y capacitor which will make it more difficult to measure the output noise (the 2V you are seeing is almost surely not real). It does have what look likes a nice common-mode choke and X capacitor(s).

enter image description here

The purpose of this capacitor is to conduct some of the 67kHz switching noise out to the earth terminal. It must be a safety rated capacitor designed for Y use. Don't just stick any old cap in there- this is a safety issue.

To get a better measurement, try grounding the supply output to earth and using a differential measurement on the output terminals (A-B with two scope probes). Just grounding the output deliberately (not through the scope probe) should help.