Re: Who makes a high quality power supply?


"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <481c590e$0$30484$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Blattus Slafaly ? (3) ¼ :)" <boobooililililil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A power supply is a power supply.

No they're not. Things like regulation and short circuit protection can
vary enormously.

The cheapest one will do. I have good
luck with $18.00 power supplies. They either work or they don't.

And a cheap SMPS with cheap caps is not likely to last long. An analogue
one with a poor transformer - the expensive part.

People
who pay $150 or $200 for a power supply are crazy.

It would depend on the rating of it. $200 would be crazy for a 1 amp one -
but not for a decent bench supply.

I've bought the
cheapest for decades. It don't have to last 200 years, I won't live that
long and it will be obsolete in a couple years anyway.

What becomes obsolete in a power supply?

Good question.. Maybe he is talking about a ATX PC power supply? All of my
AT power supplies are unfortunately obsolete, at least for use in modern
computers.



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