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#107551 - OEM power supply modules Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Erik Malund said:
I know but tranformer too big on my box.
what about using a wall-wart? discussed here http://www.glitchbuster.com/wallwart.htm Were I to start making "wall powered" equipment again, you would see my buying them in droves. They do 2 things a) they give you a "convenient" voltage (AC or DC) and 2) they are UL registered which means that if something get faulty and somebody get a shock (which for a UL registered unit is extremely unlikely), you can decline responsibility. erik A "wall-wart" is definitely a good, safe possibility. However, if the original poster does not wish to use a "wall-wart" (and there are definitely legitimate reasons for not wanting to), an OEM power supply module might be a great choice. There are a variety of players in this market, not the least of which are Power-One and Astrodyne. Astrodyne's Ultraminature Modular Switching line caught my eye; they are quite small, self-contained solutions that carry a variety of regulatory approvals. These, too, however, are not without their caveats. As Terry pointed out below, just brining 220V into your enclosure complicates things significantly. Still, all things considered, with so many power supply products on the market, designing a custom one without an extremely compelling reason to do so sounds a lot like reinventing the wheel. More often than not, that's a bad engineering decision, as the result is often inferior in some way, perhaps in safety, reliability, cost effectiveness, or some other metric. --Sasha Jevtic |
Topic | Author | Date |
DC power supply | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Danger! | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
re:dc power | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
what about using a wall-wart? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Safety! | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
OEM power supply modules | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
the Op stated "I know but tranformer too | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Please, much more details | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
re: | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
No way | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
6 VA ? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Better relay = lower current | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
smps | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
smps are fine if you can make them work | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Maybe we've missed something. | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
probably because the OP stated "I know b | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
We still don't know the dimensions ...![]() | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
check this link | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
check this thread | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
check this link, how schocking | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Stupid and dangerous!! | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
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unsuited versus suited | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
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audio transformer??? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
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