My feeling these days is to prefer equipment where the DC (logic) ground is
isolated from the chassis ground. Some vendors operate this way, and some
don't. As ususal, YMMV.
-bp
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bp
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On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 10:08 AM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes. For a computer, the DC ATX power supply is the way to fly.
>
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "can...@believewireless.net" <p...@believewireless.net>
> To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com>
> Sent: 11/16/2017 12:48:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] converting AC devices to DC
>
> Depends on the device. For smaller computers, we just used the DC ATX
> power supplies. However, for bigger servers/routers,
> we used the ICT AC-DC converters: http://www.ict-power.com/
> product/dc-ac-pure-sine-wave-power-inverters/
>
> On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 12:30 PM, Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> So you guys that are bypassing the internal ac;dc power supplies for the
>> devices that arent sold DC, are you grounding chassis? and I assume there
>> is no way to not void your warranty by doing this?
>>
>> on spec sheets, the current consumption listed im guessing is accounting
>> for the conversion loss as well, is there a rule of thumb for calculating
>> your demand (ie 10% or whatnot)
>>
>
>
