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Subject: Re: [motm] power supply deal ?
From: jwbarlow@...
Date: 2003-04-19
In a message dated 4/18/2003 12:51:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time, synth1@... writes:
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.
Thanks for this rule of thumb, Paul!
I've been thinking that it might be nice for those of us who have had this in the back of our minds as we plug in additional modules ("one more module can't hurt"), as well as those of us with a certain fascination for visual correlates (like LEDs) to have a Stooge panel which contained an appropriate valued current meter for the PSU -- anyone else thinking about this?
JB