Concerned about future 32 bit server support

[John R. Sowden]

Re: using that power supply to charge batteries, watch out.  I used mine 
one day (0-30v, 0-3A (voltage and current adjustable) ) to charge a 24v 
battery on my wife's scooter.  No problem . . . until I was done 
charging. Unfortunately I unplugged the charger first.  The voltage from 
the battery went into the charger (no reverse current diode) and fried 
the pass element and a few other components.  Before that day, it was a 
great power supply.

John


On 08/09/2017 02:13 PM, David Fletcher wrote:
> On Wed, 2017-08-09 at 22:27 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> my laboratory power supply does provide up to 2 A only :D. Regarding
>> a
>> Google research nowadays even cheaper laboratory power supplies than
>> mine seem to be more comfortable and provide much more ampere.
>> However,
>> I wasn't aware that a MiniITX could consume less than 10 W, OTOH
>> others
>> consume around 40 W. For a lot, if not most laboratory power supplies
>> it's still seems to be marginal.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ralf
> I have one called a Mastech HY3003D-2. It has two 0-30V, 3A outputs
> that can be series or paralleled. I ran the 32 bit board plus hard
> drive from one channel for maybe three weeks continually. The board
> plus hard drive has run on a 40W open frame switcher 24/7 for over 7
> years. I can run a fanless mini ITX from the lab supply no problem.
>
> PS It also charges car batteries and cordless strimmer batteries no
> problem!
>
> Dave
>