Re: Can a power supply have too much current?

[scott@alfter.DIESPAMMERSDIE.us (Scott Alfter)]

In article <45e63320$0$91153$c30e37c6@lon-reader.news.telstra.net>,
Tristan Mumford  <xtristan.xmumford@xgmail.xcom> wrote:
>Still on topic I believe. Is there a way of providing a load to a supply
>without connecting it to "real" electronics like a computer? And if so how
>many voltages need to be loaded to stabilise it? Just the one?

Stick a power resistor or two of appropriate values on the outputs.  For some
NicroATX power supplies we rewired for a project, we put 8.2Ω 5W resistors
on the +5V output.

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