Is this a good PSU for a supergun?

BoyProdigy · Apr 30, 2005

http://www.youngyear.com/store/product_info.php/cPath/2_29/products_id/60

I found a AA250 model in my computer junk pile thought I might as well use it for a supergun. Anyone see any problem with it power wise? Is is possible to have to many amps?

EDIT: oh, and how do i know if I'll need a line filter.

Dean · Apr 30, 2005

That's a LOT of amps. It should work, but you might want to slap a fuse on both +5 and +12 lines.
And with a computer supply you probably don't need to worry about a line filter. Hell, most PSUs are fine without it.

ttooddddyy · Apr 30, 2005

As Dlite said, rather more max current capacity than you need. (you can never have too much within reason)

That psu would work fine for a supergun.

gamejunkie · Apr 30, 2005

I'm running my two slot by way of a free pc powersupply. Haven't had any problems and runs great.

RiotoftheBlood · May 1, 2005

Hell, you could power 2, 3, maybe even 4 superguns with that thing.

HellioN · May 1, 2005

Don't you have to jump some pins on the ATX motherboard plug to make A PC power supply work?

Amano Jacu · May 1, 2005

HellioN said:
Don't you have to jump some pins on the ATX motherboard plug to make A PC power supply work?

An AT psu should come with a power button. An ATX one can be powered on by shorting two wires (one is any ground) that come from it to and are attached to a connector that goes to the mobo.

BoyProdigy · May 1, 2005

Thanks for the help :buttrock:

HellioN · May 1, 2005

Amano Jacu said:
An AT psu should come with a power button. An ATX one can be powered on by shorting two wires (one is any ground) that come from it to and are attached to a connector that goes to the mobo.

We don't run into too many AT PSU's around here.
I thought so, Just never bothered trying to use A ATX power supply to run A SG.

BoyProdigy · May 7, 2005

So all I'd need to do is take one of each of the wires (+5V, +12V, and ground) add a 10amp fuse to the +5V and a 2amp fuse to the +12V to be on the safe side, then split each wire up to its correct pin on the Jamma harness.

Also do I need to split a ground wire to use for the inputs?

Sorry for all the lame questions, I'm a software guy not a hardware guy.

gamejunkie · May 7, 2005

BoyProdigy said:
So all I'd need to do is take one of each of the wires (+5V, +12V, and ground) add a 10amp fuse to the +5V and a 2amp fuse to the +12V to be on the safe side, then split each wire up to its correct pin on the Jamma harness.

Also do I need to split a ground wire to use for the inputs?

Sorry for all the lame questions, I'm a software guy not a hardware guy.

Yeah that sounds right. I don't even have my consolized 2slot fused.

Amano Jacu · May 8, 2005

BoyProdigy said:
So all I'd need to do is take one of each of the wires (+5V, +12V, and ground) add a 10amp fuse to the +5V and a 2amp fuse to the +12V to be on the safe side, then split each wire up to its correct pin on the Jamma harness.

Also do I need to split a ground wire to use for the inputs?

Sorry for all the lame questions, I'm a software guy not a hardware guy.

I would suggest to get at least 2 wires for ground, one for each end of the JAMMA harness. The inputs will already be using those ground wires, no need for extra ones.

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