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Re: 12V Power Supply Feeds My Robot
Hmmm...

I had been seriously considering taking a 750 or 1000 watt 12 volt lighting transformer and using it. However, the idea was kinda scrapped when I discovered, the output was AC and it was not regulated or filtered.

I was thinkin about building a bridge and adding some smoothing caps, but I figgred I should probably test its output before I hook it up to our 'bot.

Btw, it is a linear supply, simply a big transformer in a box, nothing fancy.

Just thoughts...

-Andy