Re: Can a power supply have too much current?

["Alex Freed" <alexf@mirrow.com>]

"Tristan Mumford" <xtristan.xmumford@xgmail.xcom> wrote in message 
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> Anyway, IIRC the +5v is roughly 15A, the 12v is roughly 5A. Usually I'm
> happy about having more current. However the difference here makes me more
> than a little nervous.

There are two issues:

1. Some power supplies require a minimum load. In most cases this is not an 
issue.
IIGS will definitely load it enough.

2. If there is a short on the board the damage will be greater with a power 
supply that
does not cut out at say 2 amps but happily burns the traces at 15 amps.

And also there is always a chance you miswire the outputs. So if I were you 
I'd first
try to find an old-fashioned transformer to get 110V. In fact if you have 
ANY large
enough power transformer it will likely have a split primary. Easy to get 
110V.

-Alex.