Going to be stripping down alot of machines at work

[memphislights]

I think that I will have a lot of power supplies (200-250W ATX), 18ga pc power cords, and pentium heatsinks.  I'll also have a few printer cables as I strip them down.

If anyone is interested, I can put a few to the side for the cost of shipping.

Just trying to be green and recycle what I can.

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OK, here's the deal.

I have the following...

20 ATX 200-250W that you can hotwire
3 AT 145-250W with switches
14 non-standard 145W where you have to hotwire a 3 pin connector

I would like to limit these to 4 per person, just to give everyone a chance to get at least a couple.
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Name	Power Supplies	Power Cords	Heatsinks
Varimoose	10	0	0
REM	4	0	0
Wjgiles50	3	0	0
Wbbb1	2	16	0
MrChristmas2000	0	64	0
Claytor1999	0	0	10
	19	80	10

[WWNF911]

Interested. PM sent.

[memphislights]

This is what I have available now...

Power Cords 18ga 5' or longer:
         
White or Grey:   56
Black:              54

I desconstructed all the PC's with a little help, but there were not as  many ATX power supplies as I expected.  The power supplies are a bit of a mixed bag of NCR, IBM, and HP supplies, most are AT-like with a some non-standard board connections.  If anyone is still interested, then I go on and start trying to test them and figure out if I can get them to power up.

[memphislights]

Ok, I finally got around to testing these power supplies.

Most of them at 200-250W and range from 6-8A on the 12V rail.
Most of them seem to only be putting out 11.3 to 11.5V on the 12V rail.  The 5V rails seem to be about right.

Before I go on and start testing the rest, does anyone know if these will work for the MR16s?  At least that is what I am assuming most people would be using them for.

[WWNF911]

I should think they'd work fine for the MR16's.
Might want to use in conjuction with the Phils ATX power board.

Leon

[claytor1999]

I'd be interested in any heatsinks you strip - CPU or other. PM sent.

Thanks
Robb

[MrChristmas2000]

I used similar power supplies with my MR16s last year no problem.

[memphislights]

The question wasn't about the PS, it was more about the slightly weak 12V rail.


If everyone thinks that they can use them, I'll keep on testing.

[KeithTarpley]

Greetings,,,

Have you tried putting around a 1 amp load on the 5 volt supply to insure it's regulating properly?  And then check the 12 volt lines.

Keith

[n1ist]

Did you have any load on the 5v rail when testing 12v?  A lot of older power supplies (mainly pre-atx) needed a minimum load on 5v before the other rails would regulate.
/mike

[memphislights]

they were no load on the 5v rail.  That could be it then.  I can throw a couple of fans and hard drives and see what the 12V rail looks like then.

[MrChristmas2000]

The 'The AussiePhil ATX Power Adaptor' takes care of any load problems and power distribution connections.

[memphislights]

OK, here's the deal.

I have the following...

20 ATX 200-250W that you can hotwire 
3 AT 145-250W with switches
14 non-standard 145W where you have to hotwire a 3 pin connector

I would like to limit these to 4 per person, just to give everyone a chance to get at least a couple.

[RJ]

Hold up on post he has PM me asking about weither this is a coop and while I think it's really not, he will be setting up a coop listing in the coop forum just so no one can say we are not following the rules and that this is a coop.


I want to thank him for taking the time and effort to make these avaliable to users for the cost of shipping. It's really nice to have great members!

RJ