Is ONE 10w 100 ohm sandbar okay on the +5v bar? -
10.20.2008, 10:05 PM
I just made my first power supply but I used one 10w 100 ohm sandbar on my +5v rail. It's not getting hot and seems to be working fine. But I noticed there where 2 load resistors on my old one.
You need at least 10 ohms 10W resistor. It will only yield around 11.5 volts on the 12-volt side. You need a 10% load on the 5-volt side to have a good 12+ volts output. I used 6 x 10 ohms 10W in parallel in my PS and voltage does not drop below 12.1 with 12A load.