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Old 12-27-2004, 11:44 AM
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I am planning on building a setup that will power my 12v DC chargers, Triton and the like. I am thinking about buying the new RadioShack 13.8VDC 15-Amp power supply and daisy chaining some banana Jacks in a box to power my chargers. I have included a picture of what I plan on doing. I think that this is feasible. Just want to get a sanity check on my idea.

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Old 12-27-2004, 02:40 PM
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No problem on putting the string of banana Jacks, but save yourself some money.

Here are three on line sources for quality power supplies at good prices.

http://www.efunctional.com/new-pyram...-supplies.html

http://www.millionbuy.com/caudio-kit-sup.html

http://www.buyreliant.com/psupplies/...r_supplies.htm

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Happy Holidays

I am planning on building a setup that will power my 12v DC chargers, Triton and the like. I am thinking about buying the new RadioShack 13.8VDC 15-Amp power supply and daisy chaining some banana Jacks in a box to power my chargers. I have included a picture of what I plan on doing. I think that this is feasible. Just want to get a sanity check on my idea.

Lee
Old 12-27-2004, 06:28 PM
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Thanks Red,

I thought that it wouldn't be a problem. Just needed a sanity check. I got a gift certificate to RadioShack for $25 dollars. The one that I am looking at is $79 dollars. So for $50 bucks and having it local if there are any problems will be worth the extra few dollars. They have one for $41 but that is only 3 Amps. I figured that for the extra dollars I can build a box and hang some clips off of the box for extra power sockets.

Thanks again

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Hi
i thought i would add my $0.02 worth the PYRAMID supplies are a much better product than anything you will get a Radio shack I used to run some radio equipment and the radio shack stuff always caused me headaches the power is not as clean some people will tell you that clean power isn't as important to a charger but think about the computer in the triton. we all know clean power is important to computers.
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Thanks Guys, Sounds like Pyramid Power Supplies is the way to go. I haven't been able to find their direct website, only places that sell their equipment. Does anyone have their direct site? Thanks again

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