Most PC power supplies require loading on
only one voltage rail … usually the +5V, once this rail is stabilized all
others fall into line.
Jeff Whaley
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Dale Rogers
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007
11:27 AM
To: Rotary
motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: BAttery
Charger was: [FlyRotary] Amazing transformation
Some of the
products I used to service a lot utilized the DEC "Q-bus".
It's a 12-slot backplane (IIRC) with two power supplies - "left" and
"right". Since at least the first two slots are always
occupied, the right
p/s always has enough load to function. However, since the backplane
had to be populated from right to left (no gaps), the left p/s often had
no load (to speak of - just backplane signals). Sooooooo, the last
slot in the backplane had a "load" pcb inserted - populated with an
array of ceramic resistors - to insure that the p/s would function
correctly.
I would think that a few resistors on a breadboard with
appropriate
sockets for the unused connectors of a PC p/s would insure stable
operation. I have a few left-over power supplies from cases that I can
no longer get motherboards for (e.g. baby AT). I'll experiment a bit
and report back.
Dale R.
COZY MkIV #1254
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Ernest Christley wrote:
I believe this has to do with them being switching
mode power-supplies. The way I understand it, the supply has a resonant
circuit (something like 10kHz). That is passed through a transformer that
is tapped in several places to give the various voltages. Without some
load, the resonant circuit won't ring, and you get no power. To much draw
and you kill the resonance again. I was using one to do anodizing on
aluminum. There was a definite sweet spot that the supply liked to be
in. Try to exceed two amps and the output would just drop off instead of
increasing.
Monty, any idea how much current the derusting draws. I used one of the
$3 Harbor Freight multi-meters in series with my anodizing supply. It'll
handle 10Amps. If the current draw is low enough (which I suspect it
would be if the process takes 24hours), you could use a wall-wart as a supply.
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