I just bought the Condor HCBB75W-A+ (5V@6A, +/-15V@1.5A) ) a couple of
weeks ago. It actually gets warm to the touch with my 28 module system. Now
I'm wondering if I should've gone for the HDCC-150W-A.
Oh well...At least for now I'm 500/600 series compliant. ;)
Andrew
In a message dated 4/18/03 4:05:26 PM Central Daylight Time,
media.nai@... writes:
> At 2:53 PM -0500 4/18/03, Paul Schreiber wrote:
> >
> >> So what's the advantage of the CP131 over the HCBB-75??
> >
> >Allied stocks them, and they are 1 mile from my house.
>
> I didn't think anything in Texas was that close together :)
>
> > > To get more power at 15V, the next step up is the HDCC-150W-A
> >> (+/-15V@3A, 5V@12A, $170), which seems like overkill. At most my
> >> system will have about 45 modules (1500/45 = 33ma, which seems about
> >> average). Any thoughts??
> >
> >Remember, you DO NOT want to get anywhere near the upper limit of
> >these supplies. The heat gets
> >to be too great if you get within say 90% of the rated output. Plus,
> >that rating is for "average
> >AC input", not high line (in the US, the AC wall voltage can vary
> >from 90VAC to about 132VAC).
> >
> >80% of the stated current is the upper limit you should draw.
>
> So I guess that's the HDCC-150W-A. Which is one big ass honking
> power supply -- it takes a 3U case!!
>