Anyone else noticed the price of dc supplies and availability so poor due to coin mining ? Can't wait for it to go bust On Mar 14, 2015 12:37 PM, "Mike Hammett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, I think that's only relevant if it's in the chain being considered. > If you have 10 amp each on the first three and the last one is only 2 amps, > your 48v would be limited to 2 amps, but the others would be fine at 10 > amps. Well, total through that particular PSU. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Saturday, March 14, 2015 2:29:09 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Power supplies in series > > No, like Mark said, you are limited by the current of the lowest current > power supply. This is a case were you would want to ignore wattage. > > If one of the power supplies can only make 2 amps, that is the total limit > of the sum of all the currents. > > *From:* TJ Trout <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, March 14, 2015 1:26 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Power supplies in series > > > So I should be able to connect 12 24 36 and 48 devices to the string as > long as the sum of my wattage doesn't exceed the psu total wattage > On Mar 14, 2015 12:09 PM, "Mark Radabaugh" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 3/14/15 2:50 PM, TJ Trout wrote: >> >>> >>> I have 4 12v power supplies with isolated outputs that I plan to put in >>> series to make 48v but I was wondering is it possible to still connect to >>> only one or two while they are all in series to be able to draw 12, 24, and >>> 48v? Or once they are on series you can't use anything but the total output >>> ? >>> >>> >> If they are in series the available current is the current rating of the >> smallest power supply. If all of these are the same and can put out 2 >> amps each than the total string is capable of 2 Amps. >> >> If you asking if you can pull off different voltages along the chain, say >> some +12, some +24, maybe +36 and +48 the answer is yes - but the current >> limit is 2 Amps for everything combined. >> >> Mark >> >> -- >> Mark Radabaugh >> Amplex >> >> [email protected] 419.837.5015 x 1021 <419.837.5015%20x%201021> >> >> >
