power supplies

[Alvin Oga]

hi ya andrew

if you have access to the outside ... ( sending exhaust air outside )
than, i'd use 48v or 12 car batteries or sealed lead/acid batteries

use a dc-dc converter to drive your +12vdc atx power supply or
-48vdc atx power supply

- but these +12vdc atx power supp is expensive compared to $20 110vac atx
supply

- we're using an $5 ac adaptor to give +12vdc out and plugs into a
  custom dc-dc convertor ( $50 ) to give us about 100W atx power supply
  capacity 

have fun
alvin

On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Andrew Latham wrote:

> Has any one used or liked any AT/ATX external power supplies. My clusters are
> using minimal power. The power supplys are wasting energy converting(heat).
> I see the advantage to building a rackmount power converter and playing with
> independant ATX swithing. What are some ideas or comments about such a project.
> 

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