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Connecting PSUs in parallel to increase the current
I want to build a high current 12Vdc PSU for powering a compressor and
came across this: http://www.wikihow.com/Convert-a-Com...b-Power-Supply or in TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/hgj5y which is an article on how to use an ATX PSU as a lab supply. I have plenty of different ATX PSUs collecting dust, bu tno matched pairs, so to speak. My question concerns whether I can connect two ATX PSU in parallel to increase the current o/p. I seem to remember the need to ensure that both PSUs experience the same load, something which can be achieved by introducing very low value but high power resistors in series with the o/p of each PSU before they are connected together. Is my memory wrong? TIA Richard |
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Charles wrote:
http://focus.ti.com/lit/ml/slup094/slup094.pdf Might help. Thank you. In fact I'm sure it would if I could get the TI site to reveal the document in question! Richard |
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"Richard" wrote in message ... Charles wrote: http://focus.ti.com/lit/ml/slup094/slup094.pdf Might help. Thank you. In fact I'm sure it would if I could get the TI site to reveal the document in question! I just now clicked on it and it came up OK. |
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Charles wrote:
"Richard" wrote in message ... Charles wrote: http://focus.ti.com/lit/ml/slup094/slup094.pdf Might help. Thank you. In fact I'm sure it would if I could get the TI site to reveal the document in question! I just now clicked on it and it came up OK. I don't doubt that it is my PC - Netscape reveals a blank page with 'Done' in the status line and if I cut 'slup094.pdf' off reveals the relevant page but no link to the pdf. IE just crashes. sigh I guess that a rebuild is due, or maybe a MAC! Ta Richad |
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"Richard" wrote in message ... Charles wrote: "Richard" wrote in message ... Charles wrote: http://focus.ti.com/lit/ml/slup094/slup094.pdf Might help. Thank you. In fact I'm sure it would if I could get the TI site to reveal the document in question! I just now clicked on it and it came up OK. I don't doubt that it is my PC - Netscape reveals a blank page with 'Done' in the status line and if I cut 'slup094.pdf' off reveals the relevant page but no link to the pdf. IE just crashes. If you want, I can email it to you. |
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Dans son message précédent, Richard a écrit :
Charles wrote: "Richard" wrote in message ... Charles wrote: http://focus.ti.com/lit/ml/slup094/slup094.pdf Might help. Thank you. In fact I'm sure it would if I could get the TI site to reveal the document in question! I just now clicked on it and it came up OK. I don't doubt that it is my PC - Netscape reveals a blank page with 'Done' in the status line and if I cut 'slup094.pdf' off reveals the relevant page but no link to the pdf. IE just crashes. sigh I guess that a rebuild is due, or maybe a MAC! Ta Richad No problem to download it with firefox With kind regard -- Ceci est une signature automatique de MesNews. Site : http://www.mesnews.net |
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ALPI wrote:
Richad No problem to download it with firefox With kind regard Thank you but installing Firefox for a single download? Probably not! But that does beg the question as to why I cannot download it with IE or Netscape. Machine error, perhaps. Richard |
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ALPI wrote:
No problem to download it with firefox With kind regard I might try it at work. |
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