[Cialug] OT - Looking for surplus power supplies

[Barry Von Ahsen]

they're HP HSTNS-PD14 and PD17 PSUs


-barry


   
> On Mar 3, 2016, at 5:03 PM, David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The surplus PSU's are mostly hot-swap from HP servers. Some of the guys
> have figured out how to use them.
> 
> We had talked about doing a how-to class on converting ATX PSU to a bench
> power supply, we haven't done it yet but I think we might be able to stir
> up support for that again.
> 
> -dc
> 
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 4:55 PM, Justin Richeson <neomatrixjr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> 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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