[Cialug] OT - Looking for surplus power supplies

[Justin Richeson]

Thanks! I'm digging into this more and have found a few resources to help
me find the best solution.  When I threw this out there I didn't know there
was anything an particular to look for so I figured "beggars can't be
choosers" but since you asked about model#'s and specs I dug in and I'm
finding I should check on some of those things :).  There are some models
that some people have already sorted out how to modify them for this use.

If you have any you can check on easily then yes, please let me know what
brand/model number they are.  I'll try to get down to the makerspace as
well if I get a chance.  I also spotted an interesting document about using
these for a bench power supply as opposed to a cheap hack on an ATX supply,
so I'm going to dig into that too :).

P.S. Here's a page on rcgroups.com with info on converting server power
supplies.  There's a lot of crawling that can be done from this page of
info that has been gathered since people started doing this.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1292514


On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 9:54 AM, David Couch <dtcouch251 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a handful of server power supplies - most have some of the power
> connectors removed, so they may work well for your application.  Free for
> the taking - let me know if you need model #'s or output information.
>
> dave
>
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Justin Richeson <neomatrixjr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I've seen a lot of "free" tech end up on our list.  I wanted to throw a
>> search out for free/cheap....
>> I had a set of hot-swap server power supplies I was going to use, but they
>> seem to have gone missing after my move...I'm not sure they made it to the
>> new house.  My intent is to find 1 or more power supplies I could convert
>> for use for charging RC/LiPo batteries.  I recently bought a new charger
>> and it's currently incompatible with the smaller "brick" supply I had (new
>> one uses banana plugs, old one had a barrel jack).  I'd cut the jack and
>> wire it, but I currently plan on keeping the brick supply for the old
>> charger and could use a higher output one for the new charger.  There's
>> tons of examples of using server supplies online, but I can no longer find
>> mine.  If anyone has any old junk supplies (or servers) lying around I'd
>> be
>> interested.
>>
>> Thanks!
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