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In line fuse holder melting
Well, it will not improve your situation I think... Switching to a bigger power supply will mean only that the power supply will be able to give more power, meaning you have to make the wiring also capable of handling the max.current. The Sp-200 and SP-480 are later (newer) models. Most newer...- FrankTech
- Post #17
- Forum: Circuit design
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In line fuse holder melting
The advice you were given from the meanwell representative was not (exactly) correct. The SP320-xx is a newer version of the S-320-xx This is equipped with PFC ( power factor correction ) but has indeed the same overload cirquit ( hiccup mode ) The good advise was that if you have a...- FrankTech
- Post #15
- Forum: Circuit design
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In line fuse holder melting
Dear Sir First remember allways the when you load a fan to a DC source you will have a pulse shaped current. Not a DC current. The FAN manufacturer will allways give the average current. Not the maximum. Depending on the fan the max current could be much higher indeed. Since the average...- FrankTech
- Post #10
- Forum: Circuit design
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One Circuit to Rule Them All
Dear Sir Regarding the output of this type's of PSU's ---------------------------------------------- Please take notice that most switching power supplies need a minimum load on the main output. ( Which is allmost allways the +5 Volt ) If you do not load this main output for at least 10% you...- FrankTech
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- Forum: Circuit design
