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what's a good dc ICE power supply?
my mrc989 power supply gives more than 15v of power so it wont work.
thanks in advance

Duster_360

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These have a good rep -

http://store.buyreliant.com/servlet/...Pyramid/Detail

Or look at t he ProPeak PS, they'e good as well -

http://www.hobbypeople.net/gallery/158301.asp

Seesm they are out of stock at Hobby-Lobby, but you can google and find them elsewhere. The Pyramids are hard to beat for the price.

myrxseven

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I use the propeak with my Pulsars and love it.

Duster_360

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I've got a 20a ProPeak - I got it as part of a deal. Nothing wrong with it, been perfect. If I was buying, I'd look at the Pyramids, great rep and a great price.

IIGQ4U

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Definitely go with the Pyramid, they are inexpensive, reliable and actually look like a finished product.

berserk

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I used a desktop computer power supply on my team checkpoint charger, I havent got any problem so far, It cost around 10 bucks

simply fast

any pictures or links of one would be great.

berserk

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Sorry but my camera is not working, but here are the details in making one.

purchase any ATX power supply with a rating of 11A or above on your local computer shop. ( like the one on the attached image).

as you can see there is a lot of wires that is attached to the power supply. but the only wires you need are 4 wires from the 24 terminal connector.

disconnect or cut the green wire (terminal 14) from the main connector and connect it on any common wire. (terminal 16 or others) black wire. solder it or tape it permanently. this is the turn on switch of the power supply.

then for the 12 volts supply

Positive: Yellow wire (terminal 10)
Negative: Black or any common wire (terminal 15 or 16 or 17)

I suggest you buy 2 female 4 mm connectors and soldered one each on both positive and negative terminals, and you can fabricate a small housing for your terminal.

a_main_attendee

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I used a PC powersupply for a while when my old dynamite cheapo crapped the bed. They are small, inexepensive (who doesn't have an old computor laying around...), and can produce the output you need for a charger or two. From an old dell i extracted a 6 amp powersupply which sufficed untill i dumped the money into a decent radio-shack one.

The only thing that sucked about it was multi-metering all the wires for the different output amperages.

rcjunkie3000

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I used and old 10 or 12amp ATX computer power supply for a good year before actually purchasing an LRP power supply only because I got one really cheap. I still use it to power my chargers at home while the one I bought is packed and ready for the track.

I spent $8 and some change for the parts I needed. I already had a rocker power switch I removed from the old PC.

Here's the site where I got the step by step instructions to convert my old PC power supply and makes for some good reading. I only did the 12V part and not the others since I wasnt building a lab power supply so I de-soldered the other wires I didn't need. I also built one for a friend and added a power on LED.

I did it because when I got back into RC technology had changed and everything is way more expensive than I remember. So to save a little I put together a list of things I currently have, things I can adapt to RC, and tools and devices I can get from a regular hardware store.

Good luck!