DIY PSU?

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Is it possible to make your own PSU? Looking at people taking them apart it doesn't look too complicated, with the right parts, a circuit diagram and being nifty with a soldering iron i don't see why it shouldn't be possible.

Or am i just being silly?

 

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Heh

Of course it is possible. I did a school project for GCSE which was building a power supply + testing bench. It worked.

Problem is, keeping to the ATX specification. Your PSU would probably work, but would be worse than a Q-Tec.

Surely that depends on your parts? Quality caps aren't hard to come by, if you follow the circuit of something else (or pretty close to it) i can't see why it would be any worse... unless the builder made a mistake

 

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Well it depends on your skill as an electrician i guess.

Just to clarify, i didn't start the thread to find a cheap way of getting a component, i was seeing if it was feasible as an interesting project.