Power supply's

Madko

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Hey all,
I'm stuck on deciding between which power supplies to get. Do I buy 3 or 4 of the Chinese made one or spend the same amount and only get one of the better quality? Still needing to get more then 1 anyway.
My main question I guess is how many people on this forum are using the Chinese made ones that have failed in the past? If they have failed, has it become a dangerous situation eg. Bang/smoke.
All my power circuit supplied from the switch board is on its own RCD circuit breaker.


Cheers and Happy NYE!
 

DougieB

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First question before you buy any is how much power do you need, work out total current requirements and add 15% to get an idea of the power supplies required before you purchase anything
 

Madko

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Thanks probably really good to know. Which I haven't worked out yet.


Is this because the higher the current requirements then best to get the better quality?
 

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I use both good quality meanwells and Rays Chinese ones, i use the meanwells where i have limited space between the controller and the power supply. If using the chinese ones always have a spare. I have seen these go bang and let out the magic smoke a couple of times
 

Madko

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Just to add, I was thinking of just running all 350 watt supplies. Reason being, so I'm not limited on the supply when I want to expand! Everyone knows this is going to happen once the bugs bites! Maybe it has already bitten! I don't want to have re purchase bigger supplies when this happens!
 

DougieB

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I am like Eddy, have a mixture of MW and chinese (some with MW stickers). Always keep a spare of each voltage (5, 12, 24 and 27). I have all 350 watt PS's
 
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