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FlexSA
Pedestrian
Joined: Sun Jul 04, 2010 5:38 pm
Posts: 37
Location: Pretoria
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 Charger Power supply Hi guys
I just got my Electric RC, and was wondering if a specific power suuply made for RC abttery chargers are cheaper and easier than converting a PC power supply?
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| Sun Jul 18, 2010 6:33 pm |
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bentc5
Pedestrian
Joined: Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:46 am
Posts: 45
Location: Centurion South Africa
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Re: Charger Power supply The PC Power supply is the cheapest to start. many guys use them and I am sure there is a thread how to build it in the HOW To`s section
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| Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:57 am |
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Tamiya_Dude
Bus Driver
Joined: Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:06 pm
Posts: 344
Location: Cape Town
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Re: Charger Power supply ... there might be a decent s/hand one for a good price in the "for sale' section ... 
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| Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:02 am |
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r-kay
Hot Wheels Collector
Joined: Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:20 pm
Posts: 84
Location: Durban, South Africa
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Re: Charger Power supply Can't remember what wattage the last PC power supply I converted was, but it pushed out around 20A and cost a lot less than it's RC specific counterpart. Worked well.
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| Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:16 am |
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Zikker
Amateur Racer
Joined: Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:52 pm
Posts: 1487
Location: JHB wes rand
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Re: Charger Power supply I use a pc power supply and have not had a days trouble
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| Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:34 am |
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FlexSA
Pedestrian
Joined: Sun Jul 04, 2010 5:38 pm
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Location: Pretoria
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Re: Charger Power supply Thanks guys!! I tired to make one yesterday. Everything was 100% till the 2 points touches echother, and the whole thing blew up :/
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| Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:19 am |
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r-kay
Hot Wheels Collector
Joined: Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:20 pm
Posts: 84
Location: Durban, South Africa
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Re: Charger Power supply FlexSA wrote: Thanks guys!! I tired to make one yesterday. Everything was 100% till the 2 points touches echother, and the whole thing blew up :/ Oops!!  I'll be starting on mine shortly. Hopefully I'll get it done without the blowing up part. 
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| Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:01 pm |
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Tamiya_Dude
Bus Driver
Joined: Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:06 pm
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Re: Charger Power supply FlexSA wrote: Thanks guys!! I tired to make one yesterday. Everything was 100% till the 2 points touches echother, and the whole thing blew up :/ ... errrrrrr ... be careful ... 
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r-kay
Hot Wheels Collector
Joined: Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:20 pm
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Location: Durban, South Africa
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Re: Charger Power supply Mine's done, no blowing up. Didn't have a 10 W 10 ohm resistor so used a dual filament car light bulb instead(might put in a second one to boost the voltage a bit). The power supply voltage sits at 12.04 and is sufficient to power the one charger I have at the moment. I put in plugs for 12V, 5V and 3.3V. Going to have to get another charger or two to test how many of them can run run at 5 amps at the same time. 
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