Switching power supply for BL controllers?

meteor · Mar 14, 2004, 12:38 PM

Hi!

Would a lab-quality switching power supply like this one;

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ayphotohosting

be OK for testing BL motors?

I had read that you should avoid switching supplies on BL controllers, but I don't know if that's just for "cheap" supplies.

Thanks.

GordonTarling · Mar 14, 2004, 12:42 PM

You MAY get away with it IF the output caps on the power supply can handle the spikes - only one way to find out! Why take a chance? Use a battery and be confident that you'll not smoke anything.

Mar 14, 2004, 12:38 PM	#1
meteor Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,557	Switching power supply for BL controllers? Hi! Would a lab-quality switching power supply like this one; http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ayphotohosting be OK for testing BL motors? I had read that you should avoid switching supplies on BL controllers, but I don't know if that's just for "cheap" supplies. Thanks.

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Mar 14, 2004, 12:42 PM	#2
GordonTarling Supersonic Engineering Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Uxbridge, U.K. Posts: 2,047	You MAY get away with it IF the output caps on the power supply can handle the spikes - only one way to find out! Why take a chance? Use a battery and be confident that you'll not smoke anything.