HE-104 AC p/s

I have one such supply here that very certainly will not stabilise without a minimum of 15W loading on the 5v rail.

However, you are perfectly correct in that it *usually* only requires a few watts. Many need no external minimum load at all.

I haven't come across a single ATX supply that needs a minimum load. IIRC, some are even marketed on that basis.

I also have some 5v 250A power supplies - with 4 terminal outputs such that the actual supply can rise to 8v on full load.

I suppose it was easier to design as they are only single output but they need no minimum load at all. Still, I wish I had been given that project.

I keep hoping one will go wrong so I have an excuse to open it up and work out what the design is....

I don't really know why I bought them - they were sitting there in a scrap box and I just wanted to have them. Hundreds of amps has always appealed. My ex-husband didn't mind me buying such things - I suppose that I was a lot cheaper than someone who does the same thing with cars or clothes ;)

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:23:10 +0000, Palindr?me Gave us:

Make me your current husband. I won't ever object, and I even participate in "junk" purchases. I have six "old" "screamer" computers to prove that! :-] They were new though at one time. Some of my ancestors ran junk yards! I think a modern junk yard would be cool!

I do dishes and windows too! ;-]

You realise, of course, that a proposal on usenet in front of two or more Chartered Engineers is legally binding in 43 countries?

"i pronounce thee, husb...."

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 22:18:12 +0000, Palindr?me Gave us:

Well, unless you are just more ugly than Minnie Pearl...

I'll bet my collection of junk is bigger than yours! I can't park inside my 30' * 40' garage, the 18' * 12' machine shop is so full that I can barely get to my drill press and the 12' * 12' tool shed is full to the door. Good thing that door opens out, not in. I have enough projects lined up to last me the rest of my life. ;-)

A tad tricky as, when I looked up her biography she appears to be dead. However, borrow any of my tools without asking ...

On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 10:27:30 +0000, Palindr?me Gave us:

That's the first time in my life that remark has ever made my mouth water... (not the minnie pearl remark) :-]

What a guy. :( For your information, Minnie Pearl was a country comedy stage act, not a real person. Sarah Cannon who was known as "Minnie Pearl" on the "grand Ole Opry" and at other country venues spent most of her life raising millions of dollars to help children around Nashville, Tennessee.

You tell him! There are no second chances. ;-)

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 03:27:11 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell" Gave us:

You're an idiot (what a dolt?). Minnie pearl was a regular on "The Beverly Hillbillies", as well as "Hee Haw". That was years AFTER she already had made her own fame doing country comedy. Granted it was her stage name, but so too was "Marilyn Monroe" a stage name. So what?

Yeah... so... she also wasn't the cutest peach in the bushel basket. Jeez... it was a joke... Get over it.

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You link twinks are funny. I knew exactly who she was when I posted what I said, dufus.

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 03:29:03 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell" Gave us:

I saw it as an offer, not a warning.

No, you're the joke, get over it.

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:06:44 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell" Gave us:

Fuck you, retard. Fix your filter list so I don't see your crap anymore. I know there is a 90% chance that will go right over your head, but...

oh gosh, guess I have to start a new thread to get away from the fighting.

OH, hi. I hadn't realised you were still here. Still got problems?

That isn't fighting btw. You must be new to usenet.

nope, not yet. I just moved so the project is on hold until I can build a new work bench. I'll post a new topic once I get re-setup :)

You barely hit .003% on the "Troll-O-Meter." Grow up, little girl. You sound more like Phil every day.

Numby! Nice to see you're still working on those hard bits of usenet posting, Genius!