#16 Re: 6v smps
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:15 pm
Only one way to find out!
I immediately thought of thermistors here....not sure whether it's relevent at 4 amps though.izzy wizzy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:12 pm The Meanwell SMPS I have overload on startup but recover and then startup slowly when driving the fils direct. I've had other SMPS fail to start after overload.
It's in the spec sheet, the ones I have anyway; recovery from overload feature or summit. If you need resistors to drop the voltage, they might help on startup. My SMPSs are about 4A ish for the GM70s and were 5A for the 813s..ed wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 10:58 amI immediately thought of thermistors here....not sure whether it's relevent at 4 amps though.izzy wizzy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:12 pm The Meanwell SMPS I have overload on startup but recover and then startup slowly when driving the fils direct. I've had other SMPS fail to start after overload.
A couple of CL60s in the circuit might be safe enough. I'm sure with a bit of searching something a bit more heavy duty might be found.
I'm going to get a couple of 7.5v units to have a fiddle...what's the worst that could happen!