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<p>That will work as long as the + and - outputs are floating,
isolated from ground. The center tap can be grounded in your
system.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/18/23 8:08 AM, Scott Bernardi via
Synth-diy wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I've noticed that most switching power supplies
that offer bipolar outputs(i.e., to get +/-12v) have less
current capability on the negative supply than the positive.
For example, the Meanwell 65B which has +/-12v and +5v, great
for Eurorack, has
<div>+5v max 8 amps<br>
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<div>+12v max 3.5 amps<br>
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<div>-12v max 1 amp</div>
<div>What about buying two +12v supplies, or maybe one that
has +12v and +5v with another with just +12v, and hooking them
in series with a center tap to get <a class="gmail_plusreply"
id="plusReplyChip-9" moz-do-not-send="true">+/- 12v? </a></div>
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<div>This article <a
href="https://www.mouser.com/pdfDocs/blog_how-to-operate-parallel-and-series-connection.pdf"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.mouser.com/pdfDocs/blog_how-to-operate-parallel-and-series-connection.pdf</a> looks
like it's possible, although they only talk about hooking them
up in series to increase the output voltage rather than
bipolar.</div>
<div>Has anybody done this?<br>
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