Re: Can a power supply have too much current?

["William Garber" <willy46pa@garberstreet.com>]

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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.

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William Garber
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