[chbot] pc power supply

[Synco Reynders]

Wait... is everyone assuming the power-supplies are in parallel? @Chris -
is this what you desire? -since if the power-supplies can be in series you
can ignore many of the comments.
/s


On Mon, 6 Apr 2020 at 13:09, Charles Manning <cdhmanning at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree with Volker
>
> The default answer is NO, unless there are specific capabilities for load
> sharing.
>
> Even if it did "work" by luck, there is no guarantee it would continue to
> work under different temperatures, different load conditions and even
> different AC power voltages/ power factor etc.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 12:59 PM Volker Kuhlmann <list57 at top.geek.nz>
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon 06 Apr 2020 11:53:55 NZST +1200, Mark Atherton wrote:
>>
>> > Yes, if they are identical power supplies, and have current sharing
>> > features.
>>
>> What kind of current sharing features?
>> What do they look like in PC power supplies?
>>
>>
>> I think in general, the answer would be no you can't combine them.
>> There's a good chance the output regulation interferes with each other.
>> Best case would be not much output power from each, worst case wild and
>> strange oscillations exceeding output voltage.
>>
>> It might be worth a test, but I'm not confident to guarantee that each
>> power supply and the load survive that undamaged.
>>
>> Volker
>>
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