Subj : RE: Power Supply for the A500
To   : Spectre
From : vorlon
Date : Wed Jun 08 2022 16:34:10

 vo> The ideal way to go is if a device say's 3amp required, get a
 vo> 4amp. If it say's 2amp's get a 3amp.
 
 vo> That gives the power supply breating room so to speak, and
 vo> it's not working at max capacity to supply the requred amp's.
 vo> The best idea is to not push the psu past 80% capacity.
 
 Sp> Ponder, they should be able to supply the rated capacity more or
 Sp> less indefinitely.  The closer to 100% you can actually load the
 Sp> supply over all the more efficiently they run.  If you were going
 Sp> to do anything extra, I'd consider an air movement device maybe...

They should be able to run at 100% all the time, but many can't/don't.
Running the supply at 100% will shorten the supplies life.

So it's best to not push them, especially when a lot of them are mande to
a $, vs quality.




\/orlon



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