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Made a Cheep Power Supply using Computer SMPS !

gsgill112

Hey guys , Just wanna share the Cheep Power supply I made using an old SMPS laying around,

 

Can anyone suggest some more hacking to it image Or may some of community members might have made one themselves, care to share image

 

Regards,

GS Gill

 

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  • Hi Gurinder,

     

    Something like that is always handy for those high current projects, thank you for sharing your photos.

     

    I use a modified ATX PSU to drive my festive lighting as that requires lots of current at both 12v (RGB LED strips) and 5v (WS2812 driver IC LEDs).

     

    Rod

  • in reply to hlipka

    Well, yes, that's one way but I consider that too easy.image  Why do that when I can mess around with solder and wires and connectors.  And at the moment a cheap 12v to 5v DC-DC converter. Problem solving and troubleshooting is fun, releasing the smoke (in a safe location) is educational.  Reading the suggestions above and below, I will use my multimeter before I connect any valuable SBC.

  • in reply to mp2100

    releasing the smoke (in a safe location) is educational

    Very true - you can actually identify some faults by smell if you've experienced them before. However if you can avoid the smell and the small white cloud of gas from a burnt out tantalum capacitor....that is probably a good thing !

     

    [On the subject of fault finding, the back of a finger, just in front of the middle knuckle, also seems more sensitive to heat.]

     

    Rod

  • in reply to mp2100

      wrote:

     

    Well, yes, that's one way but I consider that too easy.image  Why do that when I can mess around with solder and wires and connectors.  And at the moment a cheap 12v to 5v DC-DC converter. Problem solving and troubleshooting is fun, releasing the smoke (in a safe location) is educational.  Reading the suggestions above and below, I will use my multimeter before I connect any valuable SBC.

    This one has high voltages though. The type of educational life lesson you may get while enjoying the smoke of a switching power supply connected to mains may be different than the one you get while inhaling the vape of a 555 timer...