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Re: Power From The Wall

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Originally Posted by tuXguy15 View Post
There is an electrical trainer and a pneumatic trainer. The electrical trainer's highest load comes from the mini-cims without any load on them so the current draw is minimal. The pneumatic trainer's largest load is going to come from the compressor. I dont think current will be an issue with the electrical board, but I do think it might be an issue with the compressor since that does occasionally draw a lot of current.
I would swap the motors for lower draw ones to make this easier.

From there, you can probably get away with surplus server power supplies.

Similar suggestions to PC ones above, but higher power, cheaper and easier to modify.

http://www.tjinguytech.com/my-projects/HP47A

is a good resource.