Re: Can a power supply have too much current?

[Tristan Mumford <xtristan.xmumford@xgmail.xcom>]

Jon wrote:

> Hi Tristan,
> I have a couple of IIGSs from different places.  My problem is also
> the voltage with regards to those that came from the US.  I have
> previously managed to cut a board in half from an AT power supply and
> fit it into a //e (still looking stock).  I think it won't be too much
> trouble to do the same for a IIGS, if I could find another AT power
> supply (they're becoming rare nowadays... everything's now ATX).

I don't mind using ATX supplies. They have the advantage of not needing a
high voltage switch too.

> 
> Basically, what I did was saw the AT power supply board in half and
> used some thick wires to reconnect the broken ones (I think I was
> lucky with the design of that power supply that they had the high
> voltage side on one half and the low voltage side on the other so the
> connections were just 4 or 5 wires.  If I am able to do it I would
> gladly share it with you, just have to provide your own IIGS power
> suply case and connector cables.

That's very kind of you.
When I was doing pin spacing comparisons looking for a way that I can avoid
mangling the original supply, I checked out the connectors on a gutted ATX
supply. After what you said I took note of the board layout. The high and
low voltage were divided too. Not a perfect line but pretty good. There
were even rectangular holes in the board. The gap was straddled by a couple
of transformers and a small IC.

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