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Old 21-07-2015, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Bassnut View Post
oh gaud this hoary monster again. Its crap, its rated for "testing purposes" in the fine print, ie 1 min at full current if your lucky. I roasted 2 before I realised. Its a great smoke generator. Jaycar power supplies are the very bottom of the hobby market, obviously, you pay for what you get. If you must go jaycar, derate the spec by 60% at least.

Which is fine given that maxed out I am running at about 25% of the rated output, perhaps some brief peaks at 50% when slewing.

I would suspect heat would be their biggest enemy, the cooling fan is pretty inadequate, I was looking at fitting a much bigger one to aid airflow and reduce noise.
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