[ale] OT: single rail 12V PSU, NUC, and you

[Ted W.]

On 11/06/2014 02:02 PM, Damon L. Chesser wrote:
> Questions:
>
> 1.  do I need to load down a PS other leads to power it up (perhaps
> jumper to say "it is connected") and will it hurt the PS?

I can at least answer this one. You just need to short the green wire on 
the ATX connector (20/24 pin connector) to ground. I've done this with 
an old power supply at the house that I use as a cheap-O bench supply 
for testing old hardware by wiring all of the 3v, 5v, 12v and ground 
wires to separate banana plugs. Been using it like this for several 
months with no noticeable effect on the PSU.

>
> 2.  where do I find a supply of the dc barrel connectors to build the
> power cable from some sort of "power strip" to the NUCs female barrel
> input?
>
> 3.  is there some other solution?
>
>
> I could just run quite a few power strips since these wars all take more
> than one "plug" space,  but that becomes bulky and awkward.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> This will all be mounted on a plywood base that can hang on a wall,
> something like 2' x 4'.
>
>


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Ted W. <ted at xy0.org>