Well, I am certainly going to be more careful about who I listen to now.
I went out and bought a
13.8V, 23Amp power supply from Dick Smith that was supposed to meet the requirements.
My fans and peltiers draw a
combined 19.1 amps. I was told by many that these
devices will only draw as much as they need from such a supply.
Upon hooking it up however, the power wire to the scope got warm, then hot and
within seconds was a smoking ruin. All the wires inside the scope were warm too, totally defeating the purpose of cooling the thing down.
Conversley, what seems to be a
grossly underpowered second hand old computer power supply with a
8 Amp flow, (see previous pictures with blue spec. label)
works fine. And it cost me nothing.
I now have a brand new Laboratory grade power supply that appears to be of no value to me.
We live and learn huh? Who would have thought?
