PC power supply unit questions

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sardine
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PC power supply unit questions

Post by sardine » Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:35 pm

I'm wondering if pc tower power supply units could be converted to a 12v car battery charger, ( i can salvage these things for free ) i would need a 14.8 volt output, and some further work on charge control. I dont know what the average amp output is on these units, but i see some up to 20 amps.

What do you think ?

VK3HLM
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Re: PC power supply unit questions

Post by VK3HLM » Thu Mar 17, 2011 2:18 pm

Hi. look on web in Australia for Electronic Mag called Silicon Chip they had a project to convert cpu power supply's in it
not sure what year but easy to convert I do have all the mag's in boxes about 30 years of them can't tell what year but the web may help ( Just be carefull these supply's when open DO BIte )
Regards
Frank VK3HLM

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