Why you should strip Power Supplies

[lousypirate]

TBG, these are the hot-swappable PSUs, right? Do they have a PCB connector that plugs into a DC/DC converter?

The PSUs in the Proliant DL360/DL380 series are actually pretty popular. "R/C" enthusiasts (people who are into radio-controlled model planes, robots, etc.) modify them and use them as power supplies for their battery chargers. They're also one of the ham radio crowd's favorite PSUs. In fact, if you decide to list yours on eBay, you might want to include "R/C" and "radio" in your title so that your listings turn up in searches on those terms.

These are switch-mode PSUs, and to get them to turn on you have to jumper some of the pins. I probably have the pinout in my files here in my computer -- just let me know the exact model(s) you have. If you have a lot of them and want to try testing voltage on all the rails, we can probably rig up something to perform a simple test.

I've mentioned that before, but nobody caught on it seemed.



I have 6 of them tucked on a shelf, can't bare to scrap them. Gave one a buddy to wire up for his R/C charger. I should probably ask him if it worked. I got free beers for it too