PC Power and Cooling Sleekline DC-DC PSU

ddt · 12-01-2002, 09:16 PM

Anyone using one of these ?

If so how are you powering them? Straight from the battery or what?

Any good / bad points to utilizing one of these as long as I keep it cool?

zootjeff · 12-02-2002, 01:01 AM

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Originally posted by ddt

Any good / bad points to utilizing one of these as long as I keep it cool?

People say that they die a lot, and they don't have a very good temperature range.

You can power any power supply straight from the battery or the lighter socket, you just might run into problems using the cig lighter.

Depending on your application, you might be interested in the one I make. http://www.mpegbox.org

-Jeff

ddt · 12-02-2002, 01:49 AM

I actually just emailed you about a shutdown controller.

I would consider one of your power supplies however my application would require more power.

cproaudio · 12-02-2002, 03:16 AM

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Originally posted by ddt
Anyone using one of these ?

If so how are you powering them? Straight from the battery or what?

Any good / bad points to utilizing one of these as long as I keep it cool?

Have you read the specs on this PSU?

Operating Range: 9VDC - 16VDC
When you start your car with an old or bad battery, the voltage may drop below 9 volts. When you put a charger to the battery, the voltage may raise above 16 volts. I should know. I fried my Xenarc monitor because of it. 9 to 16 volts is pretty good range though. A healthy battery shouldn't have any problem powering the PSU. Triggle charging with 2 amps should be no problem.

Current: 20A max.
20 amp is too much for a 100 watt PSU. A good PSU should use about 1 amp per 10 watts output.

Efficiency: 65%
This PSU is not efficient enough. A good PSU should be 85+% efficent

Temperature: 0°-40° C
The temp range is not wide enough for most geographical locations. Most places will have temperatures of either below freezing during winter or 50°+ during summer inside the car with windows closed. A good PSU should withstand at least -10° to 60° C

Dimensions: 3.95"W x 7.9"D x 1.6"H
Thats kind of big for my taste.

If you don't mind, may I suggest
http://home.attbi.com/~zootjeff/
for Mini-ITX boards
http://www.opussolutions.com/150watt.html
for high speed pentium class setup. This also has built in shut down controller.

ddt · 12-02-2002, 11:27 AM

Thanks, but I was trying to avoid spending $190 on a PSU. (P3 866)

m3rdpwr · 12-02-2002, 08:22 PM

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Originally posted by ddt
Thanks, but I was trying to avoid spending $190 on a PSU. (P3 866)

FYI: I have a new one in the box that I took out just to see if it works. I purchased it a few months ago and am now debating selling it for an OPUS.

I will let you know if I decide to sell it, or anyone else for that matter...

-Mario

ddt · 12-02-2002, 09:21 PM

sure, let me know... by the way, what is the wattage on that thing?

m3rdpwr · 12-03-2002, 06:48 AM

100 watts

sxpert · 12-16-2002, 09:35 AM

I have one (in a european car, maybe that makes a difference), hooked on the cigarette lighter, and it works like a champ.

t0ffluss · 12-16-2002, 10:57 AM

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Originally posted by sxpert
I have one (in a european car, maybe that makes a difference), hooked on the cigarette lighter, and it works like a champ.

And why would that make any difference ?

sxpert · 12-16-2002, 12:04 PM

Maybe the european makes are better than the american ones on quality of the power supply or something ;-)