using a psu for powering electronics?

[jewii]

hey i'm currently writing my personal statement for ucas and i need to check something.

I've used my pc power supply and connected the green wire (pin 16) to ground on the 24 pin connector to turn the PSU on.

i then used the 12,5 and 0 volt rails from a molex connector with soldered on wires to power basic electronic stuff on breadboards for home projects.

i know it works for me, the psu has got safety short wiring protection but if there anything wrong with this method?

what i'm basically asking is if i say i used my pc psu to power home project electronics will it discredit me? (i.e.will they think i'm an idiot) because otherwise it shows that i'm creative & determined to do things.

 

[jewii]

thanks for your feedback. i googled your theory and i found a website which reviewed PSU's and had voltage regulations at different loads from 0-100%.

basically most Good powersupply's have good regulation from 0-100%, the only one i found was the xfx PSU's wouldn't start with 0% load but @ 1% load only -12 V was abit off.

i will mention good voltage regulation at low laod and short circuiting protection, just incase.

p.s. yeah the PSU is a spare

 

[jewii]

I'm sure mine basically said 'hello, I'm really super, please give me a place' . As long as you know what to say if asked in an interview. What course you applying for?

it's electronic enginnering, i'm trying to get into southhampton, it's one of the best ones in UK so if this personal statement gives me an edge to the other thousand people applying, it must be done.

yeah i've said briefly on home electronics, i'm just making sure that it sounds good, not an idiot putting his PSU in risk. i talked about making a clock and i used a crystal and some counters to make a accurate 1 Hz, i just said the fundamentals of the project, only took 1-2 lines.