DIY 12v power supplies (just in case anyone is interested).

[kennedylanduk]

Another conversation today with Dave regarding cheap power supplies and I promised I'd post the link.

The following page shows how to mod a HP power supply (I paid £8.69 for mine on ebay, the cheapest I can find now is £9.85).
www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=358340.

And this link has links to many other server PSUs
www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1292514

Tony.

[Dave Chamberlain]

Cheers Tony,

A nice solution for a cheap PSU for charging etc.. Where did you get the end connector for the HP server PSU???

[kennedylanduk]

I got them from Amazon,
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00A0FTOCK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I did need to file around 1mm from each edge of the blade connector on the PSU so that it fit properly in the connector. Easy job though, just needed to make sure I didn't file away too much.

[Dave Chamberlain]

Cool, thanks Tony.. I'm going to order a PSU today!

[kennedylanduk]

One other thing while I remember. I replaced the fan on mine as it was a bit loud (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001VHHCPM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)