<div dir="ltr">Scott<div><br></div><div>It's worth having a look at the data sheet:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.meanwell-web.com/content/files/pdfs/productPdfs/MW/Rt-65/RT-65-spec.pdf">https://www.meanwell-web.com/content/files/pdfs/productPdfs/MW/Rt-65/RT-65-spec.pdf</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>These are 5v supplies with a couple of extra taps for the 12v & -12v, so you need to draw a significant current at 5v for the supply to work correctly. The Meanwell 65B recommends a greater than 10% load on the 5v (so at least 800mA) for the other rails (12v) to regulate within spec. There's also 120mV of ripple on the +12v.<div><br></div><div>Steve </div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 at 14:12, Scott Bernardi via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><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></div><div>+12v max 3.5 amps<br></div><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="m_-4483039634854138690plusReplyChip-9">+/- 12v? </a></div><div><a class="gmail_plusreply"><br></a></div><div>This article <a href="https://www.mouser.com/pdfDocs/blog_how-to-operate-parallel-and-series-connection.pdf" target="_blank">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><a class="gmail_plusreply"><br></a></div></div>
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