Are power supplies compatible between series 1, 2, and 3?

[timckelley]

Awhile back, I mistakenly thought I had a bad power supply on my S1 (HDR212), and so I ordered a new one from 9thTee. Now that I've confirmed that my old power supply wasn't the problem, I'm thinking of returning the power supply to 9th Tee. But they charge a 25% restocking fee, plus I have to pay return shipping. Assuming they're not going to refund the original shipping, since I originally paid $25 + $7.95 shipping, this means if I can ship back for say, $7.00, that means I'll probably get back 75% * $25 = $18.75, but if it costs me $7 to ship it back, that means I only stand to get back $11.75 net.

I was wondering if I should keep it as a spare part or not. It turns out I'm going scrap the S1 and buy a TiVo HD to replace it, so my two active TiVos are going to be an S2 and a TiVo HD. Is the power supply compatiable with either of those models? If it's not, I have no reason to hang on to the power supply, and I may as well recover $11.75 for it by returning it.

By the way, they stipulate that if there's any damage, they will charge me for the damage. I handled it very carefully when I installed it, so I don't think I damaged it, but they also mention that bad motherboards can ruin the power supply, so hopefully that didn't happen. It still seems worth try to return it though, unless I have a future use for it.

[Da Goon]

I've only had S1 and S2 tivos and their power supplies were vastly different from one another. You could probably hock it on ebay for more than 9thtee will give you back.

[funtoupgrade]

Confirm it still works by swapping into your unit, then sell it on eBay. There are a number of different power supplies in various TiVo units which are not interchangeable.

[classicsat]

No, they aren't compatible.

Series 1s use the Astec one.

Series 1 D-TiVos and Series 2 1xx (except Sony SVR2000 maybe) use the long 3Ypower supply along the right side.

Series 2 2x0/5x0/649 and D-TiVos appear to be interchangeable. I cannot say about the DVD combos.

Series 3 uses yet a different supply, as might the TiVoHD.

[timckelley]

I guess I'm inclined to return it then. I guess I could make more money by selling it on ebay, but I've never sold on ebay, and I'm very familiar with how to do that, or know if much work is involved with that.