thanks! On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:59 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
> They will never evenly split the current unless they are designed for load > sharing. > Works great for redundancy purposes which your original post talks about. > > But not so well of you actually need more current that one can provide by > itself. There are tricks you can do like ballast resistors in series etc > but if you really need more current than one can do by itself it is better > to use units that are designed to do that. > > > > *From:* Gino Villarini <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, January 28, 2016 10:39 AM > *To:* Animal Farm <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Meanwell RSD DC-DC in Parallel???? > > ok thanks! > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > >> At the end of the Mean Well spec sheet it says to use diodes and has a >> diagram. >> >> There are several suppliers that sell MOSFET based redundancy modules >> that have about 1/10 the voltage drop of diodes, if you are worried about >> that. >> >> >> *From:* Gino Villarini <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Thursday, January 28, 2016 10:56 AM >> *To:* Animal Farm <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Meanwell RSD DC-DC in Parallel???? >> >> Can i connect 2 or more RSD DC-DC converters in parallel for redundancy >> purposes? >> > >
