On 11/19/20 4:29 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
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I ordered one of these last week and it arrived today:

shorturl.at/alQX6

I ordered the 24V 15A. Has anyone here used one? Pluses/minuses?



I have not used one of those, but it seems that several companies make
similar supplies.

There are 2 companies ,one Maxwell and one Meanwell that make them. I
don't recall which is the better, but the one that costs the most is
better. I have one that I am using in a ham repeater and it has been in
operation for about a year with no problems. I do not recall the price,
but it was less than $ 100.

The only minus of the one I have is the 120 volt screws are out in the
open and I had to make a cover for that. There is no off/on switch.



I decided to return it rather than take a chance on it. If it were
going ot be outside or away from indoors, I might give it a try but the
last thing I want is a toxic smoking end or worse.

I must say I am a bit puzzled why these seem to have a bad rep. Aren't
they switching supplies like used in desktop computers? Every desktop
computer I ever had never had a power supply burn out. I've had about 7
over the last 3 decades and many have run 24 hours a day for nearly a
year. If they can make them for PC's reliably, why not these devices?
They are supposed to be designed for continuous duty too.