AC/DC Power converters

Nov 05, 2009 9 Replies

Curiously, in light of all the chinese wholesaler spam here, I am looking to order a small quantity (50) of AC (240-100V 50/60Hz) 12V DC



3A power supplies. I don't think the current 30$ /unit from North American suppliers (Digikey, Avnet, etc) is a reasonable price. I think 10$ is more like it.

Does anyone have experience in this? I know 50 is not a lot, it might be 100, but I can't justify 30$.



TIA


This monkey actually

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Manufacturer Part #: SSL40C-7612 Manufacturer: Artesyn Technologies

Just saw it's obsolete. So much for barking up wrong trees But I still need something similar.

You might try someone like

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Maybe you'll get lucky and catch them with some decent stock.

Good luck.

-mpm

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$5.95 ea. 300 in stock. Ships from South Florida.

Cool, thanks. I'll order one to test it out. Huge savings if it works!

I'm sure some Chinese scumbag will be glad to sell you some. You get what you pay for, so enjoy!

You mean paying 30$ for the same supply made in China anyways will somehow make it better? Do you have a study backing that up? That I'd enjoy reading on my made in China PC.

The ones without (real) international approvals are considerably cheaper.

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com

At this point, it doesn't matter. Besides, in all his hurry to post some whaargarbbl, PeteD forgot to see that it's an American scumbag selling me the cheap supplies...

Was at a seminar yesterday (LTSpice World Tour) and was talking with one of the guys there who used to work from Qualcomm. He related the story about why some of the batteries went PHHHTTT on cell phones and laptops, which ya'll might enjoy.

It seems that Kyocera bought a section of Qualcomm that had designed some cel phones. They decided to outsource the production to China, and asked for 10M units, so warned his company to expect an order for

10M parts.

Order comes in, it is for 20M parts. They call back to confirm order, and it is definitely 20M! Seems the chinese manufacturer is going to build 20M units - 10M for Kyocera, and 10M for themselves!

Then, there are problems. batteries going PHHHTTT, fires, injuries, etc. When inspected, they found out that the battery protection chip was put in 90 degrees out, so it didn't work. Chinese manufacturer had just blue wired around it to make the unit work, so the batteries were being overcharged, over discharged, etc. But, the liability is Kyocera's! (and Sony's, Dells, etc...)

Charlie

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