Doh! Good tip, sorry for the bandwidth. Rick
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 10:31 AM, John Ragle <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Rick... > > Connecting two power supplies in parallel is not quite as > straightforward as one might think at first glance...I suggest you > Google "Power Supplies in Parallel" -- you will get a good sized > fist-full of hits on this subject. > > John Ragle -- W1ZI > > ===== > > On 7/6/2011 12:24 PM, Rick McClelland, AA5S wrote: > > This brings a thought to mind, if I may briefly hijack this post. Is it > > acceptable to connect a Powerwerx 30 amp supply in parallel with a Gamma > > HPS1-a supply in order to increase the current/surge capacity of the > > Powerwerx supply? This seems reasonable in theory but I don't know if > the > > two supplies might deliver slightly different voltages causing the > regulator > > on one to malfunction or fail. > > > > Rick > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Rick McClelland, AA5S Fort Collins, CO ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

