[Cialug] redundant power supplies

[moteyalpha]

That would be a bad idea ( Y connect two regulated supplies )  without 
isolation as there would be all kinds of oscillations and one would try 
to drive the other and possibly burn both up. Speaking as someone who 
does this for a living ( computer hardware and software design ).



On 03/17/2012 10:59 AM, Todd Walton wrote:
> On Mar 17, 2012 4:59 AM, "Dave Hala Jr"<dave at 58ghz.net>  wrote:
>> Has anyone considered making a low cost redundant power supply?  Maybe
>> taking two off the shelf power supplies and making a Y connector that
>> essentially hooks the two power supplies output up in parrallel?  Is
>> this even workable?
> You'd have to have a transistor or two in there.
>
> --
> Todd
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