power supplies for pelt & system

[Budzman]

I have a Enermax 430 watt psu that i am planning on running my 156 watt pelt on. Should i only run the pelt on that psu or can i add on a few fans to run off that too? I will end up having 3 120mm fans. 1 Panaflo HF1, 1 Panaflo LF1, 1 stock 120 that came with my addtronics case. I might also add a extra 80 to keep my hard drives cool or something.

The second psu is a Antec 300 watt that i was going to power my system. I dont want to overload that one with fans and stuff because i have enough components already running off it. I never had any problems with it when i had a KT7A-R w/1300 t-bird @1.85.

I'll list my comp specs below and let me know if there would any problems running the fans on the Enermax psu with the pelt. Thx

1.1 T-bird that will be running alot faster when im done.
Iwill KK266-R
3 IBM Deskstar hard drives
384 mb ram
GeForce 3
SbLive w/live drive
1 Kenwood 72x cd
1 Plextor 12/4/32 scsi
Intel NIC, Adaptec SCSI
and of course a 1.44 floppy

[ken257]

I think you are going to be pushing the Enermax with just the pelt. I would recomend using the Enermax for your ssystem and getting a good supply for the pelt, one that will handel the load.

check this one out http://mpja.com/product.asp?product=12640+PS

And this one http://www.teamdelta.com/products/prod3.htm it is at the bottom of the page. I have one of these myself. It will fit inside a full tower case to boot. Not bad for only 40 bucks!

[Budzman]

I like the one for $40. Is it a pain in the butt to wire up to the pelt or anything? I got no problem making a cover and adding a cord. Is there good documentation with this, just dont wanna fry my own ass :P

Just wondering, how good would the 551/650 watt Enermax psu be? I think i saw somewhere that its rated up to 20 amps or something.

[ken257]

It is easy to wire up but there are no instructions. The taps on the unit are labled. There is also a vout adjust on the unit. The best thing to do is test it out before you put it in the system to make sure you have everything right.

I don't like using computer psu's for high wattage tec's. To much money for one of the better Enermax when there is a very good cheap solution like in the liks I provided above that will even fit inside a full tower case with ease. Also with a computer PSU you may need to put a load on the 5v line in order to get a full 12v out of it.

[pmoores]

Ken just curious about the one at mpga.com, have you used this? Personally i think it looks kinda nice. Im wondering though about the amp side, it appears to allow a selection of voltage but what does that 0-25amp part mean? Can you adjust this side manually as well?

[ken257]

pmoores (Jun 12, 2001 07:50 p.m.):
Ken just curious about the one at mpga.com, have you used this? Personally i think it looks kinda nice. Im wondering though about the amp side, it appears to allow a selection of voltage but what does that 0-25amp part mean? Can you adjust this side manually as well?

I have a friend that used one of those and he is happy with it. I have not played with the unit myself. The 0-25 amp means just that, it can supply 25amps.

The PSU that I have used is from the other link http://www.teamdelta.com/products/prod3.htm I'll take the cheaper $40 solution any day plus like I said it will fit inside a full tower making the whole system internal, very nice for lan parties.

[Budzman]

I'm gonna go witht the $40 psu. Just got in touch with them, they only got 3 left. I'll bug you some more when i get it if i have any questions :P
Thanks for help.

[Colin]

Good choice, a 156 watt TEC contributed to the early death of my Enermax 651.

[Budzman]

Well i got my stuff and hooked everything up. I was pretty amazed of the power of a peltier. I watched as in seconds frost built up on the cold plate. Just a couple questions i gots.
1. Can the psu be hooked up to my system psu so they turn off & on at he same time? There are more terminals on the psu, but i have no clue what they are for.
2. I checked with my meter and it says its at 16A. Is this about right? Is there a adjuster on it turn give more or less juice? is there a need to.
Please excuse my newbism on this matter. Thx