Electronics How much power can these "packs" give?

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  1. DAE_JA_VOO

    DAE_JA_VOO What's a Dremel?

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    I have a Vantec NexStar3 External HDD Enclosure, and i noticed the Power Supply it has. Now i'm curious, how much power can these power supplies give?

    I know it was only meant to power a single HDD, but do you think i could run a HDD, DVD Writer, Card reader, and 120mm fan off it?

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  2. M4RTIN

    M4RTIN What's a Dremel?

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    probably not on the 1.8A stated on the case
     
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  3. SteveyG

    SteveyG Electromodder

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    29.1W
     
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  4. DAE_JA_VOO

    DAE_JA_VOO What's a Dremel?

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    Sick is that all?!

    Are you sure about that?
     
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  5. cpemma

    cpemma Ecky thump

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    Hard drives have a high start-up current; the card reader may be OK but other drives and a fan... :nono:
    It says on it. :duh:
     
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  6. SteveyG

    SteveyG Electromodder

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    :lol:
     
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  7. gbeeby

    gbeeby What's a Dremel?

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    Watts = current x voltage

    so:
    5v = 7.5w
    12v = 21.6w
     
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  8. DAE_JA_VOO

    DAE_JA_VOO What's a Dremel?

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    hehehe, thanks guys :D

    Damn 29W :( That sucks :(

    I think i'll use a SFF PSU then.
     
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  9. bender386

    bender386 What's a Dremel?

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    i got one of those with a usb <-> ide converter it sucked big time. broke after like 2 days but meh what do you expect with cheap/free crap like this, at least it didn't catch fire
     
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  10. M3G4

    M3G4 talkie walkie

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    Mine had a satisfying pop when I was pulling the plug outta the socket. That was fun.
     
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  11. Warrior_Rocker

    Warrior_Rocker Holder of the sacred iron

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    I bet the HDD, Card reader, and fan would be just fine running off one of those little external jobs. But keep in mind how much current an optical drive can potientially pull.

    Though 29 watts isnt all that bad. You can run a modestly configured pentium 4 based computer off about ~100 watts.
     
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  12. LuitvD

    LuitvD What's a Dremel?

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    a normal DVD burning device (my AOpen has it's specs on it's label)

    5V @ 1,2A
    12V @ 1,5A

    that leaves you with 0,3A on both 5 and 12 volts to feed your harddisk, card reader and fan... Don't think that'd be enough :p
     
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