Re: Computer power supply

From: JeB (no_at_spam.org)
Date: 01/26/05 

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:44:39 -0800

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:17:05 -0700, Kitchen Man <nannerbac@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:08:31 -0500, "Mountain Dwe" <plasma@toi.ca>
>wrote:
>
>>Can I use a OLD computers power supply box as a power supply unit for my
>>circuits?
>
>Absolutely.
>
>>I don't have a motherboard or anything for the power supply so id it
>>possible to jus hook up the power supply to the wall and use the 5V, 12V and
>>grounds?
>
>As a minimum, buy some terminal boards and build yourself a proper
>interface to the voltages, maybe mount everything on a spare piece of
>wood. Understand the current and power limits of the supply. Fuse the
>outputs appropriately, and realize that you will not have an indicator
>of the status of the voltage and current without building your own
>displays. You might want to integrate some switches for better control.
>It all depends on the scope of what you want to do.

Also ... I think all the computer supplies need some sort of load on
the 5V line to power up. A 6v automotive bulb will work.

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