[Cialug] redundant power supplies

[Dave Hala Jr]

That's what I needed to know!

On Sat, 2012-03-17 at 11:43 -0500, moteyalpha wrote:
> That would be a bad idea ( Y connect two regulated supplies )  without 
> isolation as there would be all kinds of oscillations and one would try 
> to drive the other and possibly burn both up. Speaking as someone who 
> does this for a living ( computer hardware and software design ).
> 
> 
> 
> On 03/17/2012 10:59 AM, Todd Walton wrote:
> > On Mar 17, 2012 4:59 AM, "Dave Hala Jr"<dave at 58ghz.net>  wrote:
> >> Has anyone considered making a low cost redundant power supply?  Maybe
> >> taking two off the shelf power supplies and making a Y connector that
> >> essentially hooks the two power supplies output up in parrallel?  Is
> >> this even workable?
> > You'd have to have a transistor or two in there.
> >
> > --
> > Todd
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