I'll give you a shout after next week Mike. I'll be out of town until next Saturday.

Jay

A kiss? No, that would be considered foreplay...

Originally Posted by Road Builder

I'll give you a shout after next week Mike. I'll be out of town until next Saturday.

Jay

Sounds good, Jay. Up to you, bud...

Originally Posted by Mike Bargman

No, it must be at least 10W, 10 ohm from my experience. Anything less than 10W will not put enough of a load on the board...

Two resistors, 4.7 ohms each, in series, will be 9.4 ohms and will actually put slightly more load on the PS than a single 10 ohm resistor. They will work fine.

The two 5 watt resistors, being equal resistance, will dissipate the power equally, so the equivalent power rating would be 10 watts. However, at 5 volts the actual power disspated should be only 2.6 watts. FWIW, a 10 ohm resistor across a 5v supply would be 2.5 watts. A smaller 10 ohm resistor rated at 5 watts would work fine.

So, use the 4.7 ohm resistors, they should work fine.

Bob R.

Awesome! Thanks for the info, Bob!

Man now its used. I will give you $10 LOL

Mike dont want to b pain in a### buy just got off the phone (38) min and they never herd of that

pevia model power supllyy do you have a tiger part# ?? Tiger dont know what I am talkinf about. Any help???

Warren this is not a model power supply. This is a computer power supply that has been modified for model power supply use. Here is a link with a part number http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&Sku=A107-2000

Hey Chris,thanks for the email. Yea I went back and did my own snooping and I found it and ordered one, I guess the dont speak english too good thare. Buy the way I did order new Yak 54 for Aerotech,should b here next week. Thanks again dude.

Glad to hear it Warren. I am finishing up my BBW Yak right now. Waiting for some exhaust parts to come in that will bring the cans closer together and 8711's then we are in the air with #2.

Damn Chris, beat me to the punch...it's not used...it's "tested" I want double now...

Mike, Just wanted to pipe up and tell you all what a great thread this is. My dad tried this years ago and couldn't get it to work, back then the power was too little, not enough Amps he said - so he stayed with his little field 12V batts. Anyway, I sent him this thread to say the least. Also, I went on eBay and found the exact same Apevia 500W PS that you used, got it for $15. I'm going to Radio Shack this AM...

T J

Originally Posted by betheballdanny

Mike, Just wanted to pipe up and tell you all what a great thread this is. My dad tried this years ago and couldn't get it to work, back then the power was too little, not enough Amps he said - so he stayed with his little field 12V batts. Anyway, I sent him this thread to say the least. Also, I went on eBay and found the exact same Apevia 500W PS that you used, got it for $15. I'm going to Radio Shack this AM...

T J

Awesome, TJ. Post pics when you get it done!

Excellent walkthru. I just ordered the same powersupply. Always good to have around the house.

Mike, thanks for a great PS project.

i worry a bit about using the 5 volt rail for receivers. how well regulated is it, and how well filtered (DC) is it? a bit of a voltage spike could damage a receiver, unnoticeably at first...