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I have various Phoenix Contact Mini DC Power supply units (Pheonix Contact MINI-PS-100-240AC-5DC). It gives the correct DC Voltage across output terminals, as its supposed to. But I also noticed that its also showing an AC Voltage of around 70 - 80 V between the O/P terminals and Ground as well as Neutral.

Is this normal?

I am using this power supply to use in combination with a relay, to serve as a Digital signal (5 VDC) source for monitoring status of certain devices in a system. I am using a National Instruments DAQ+modules and am worried that this AC voltage might damage the DAQ and modules(which are grounded through the DAQ chassis) which are extremely expensive.

Kindly explain if this a fault with my DC Power supply or if its normal.

Thanks in advance.

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  • $\begingroup$ Looks like Phoenix Contact has many power supplies in their portfolio. Can you please share the model and the O/P voltage from the power supply. Example are you using 6VDC, 12VDC etc. $\endgroup$
    – Mahendra Gunawardena
    Jun 11, 2020 at 11:01
  • $\begingroup$ It is a 5VDC DIN rail Mountable MINI Power supply ---- Model Number Pheonix Contact MINI-PS-100-240AC-5DC. $\endgroup$
    – ZenMaster
    Jun 11, 2020 at 11:35
  • $\begingroup$ Sounds like a grounding issue. $\endgroup$
    – StainlessSteelRat
    Jun 11, 2020 at 14:29
  • $\begingroup$ The Power supply has only a Line & Neutral port (no GRND) on the I/P side. Is this the cause? Or is it a fault with the wiring of our building? Is there a way to avoid this , so that AC current may not flow through the DAQ? $\endgroup$
    – ZenMaster
    Jun 12, 2020 at 6:14
  • $\begingroup$ When you respond to a person use @personsname? Otherwise this becomes just a comment. $\endgroup$
    – Mahendra Gunawardena
    Jun 12, 2020 at 11:31

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Based on the technical data there should not be a 70-80V AC signal in the output terminal. Either you are measuring incorrectly, a wiring issue, grounding issue or defective device.

Per the technical data there could be a 40mVpp residual ripple. If this is an issue I suggest applying a filter to pass only the DC components. Below is the high level block diagram for the power supply.

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Here is the Output specification for the power supply.

Power supply Output data

Additional technical data can be found at Power supply unit - MINI-PS-100-240AC/ 5DC/3 - 2938714

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  • $\begingroup$ Thank you for the info. $\endgroup$
    – ZenMaster
    Jun 12, 2020 at 6:11

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