Cerex Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 What should I do with them? I have accumulated about seven dead power supplies over the years of computer repair and I don't even want to bother to fix them. I thought about fixing them, but then I open them up and realize I don't really need another working 200W power supply. What fun is a crappy working power supply when it could turn into a weekend project?! I have considered opening them up to harvest some parts for Project T.U.N.B.A(See http://www.nukedetected.com/bling.html), or just using the parts for whatever project arises later. Give me a hand, what should I really do with these things? Just pitch me an idea or give me a link to a site, I will figure it out. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 I'm damn sure you know this, but to anyone reading this thread, playing around with a PSU could fubar you. As for what to do with them, make a rail gun and use them to power it? Or just use them for powering a series of fans in summer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Use the fans! Those fans are so useful... desktop cooling for you, case cooling for your rig, amusing water-wheels if held under a tap, wind tunnel for a hamster... You get the idea ;) I second what VaKo said though, careful poking around in there unless you know what you're doing... those things can pack a punch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerex Posted August 4, 2006 Author Share Posted August 4, 2006 I like the fan ideas, definately a good idea. Perhaps I can put them together into one Ultimate Mega God Fan! The safety is always a concern for me though, I will take the necessary precautions. But if I do managed to take a shock or two... my mother tells me of a time when I was 3 and I jammed her car keys is a 220 AC socket, another time I stuck a safety pin in another 220 AC socket at school in the.. seventh grade I believe. Those are the two funniest times I remember electrocuting myself. My philosophy: The wounds will heal quicker than the event stops being funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 if you are into making your own hardware, you can use it to power your circuits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingwray Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Bookends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 You can also use PSUs to torture people... mmmmm... 300W at 12V of direct current running though me... errmmm... *shuts up* but with dead PSUs, you have to hackem so they actualy supplie power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 you actually wouldn't feel 12V no matter the available amperage, just use the electricity straight out of the socket to torture sparda :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 yea that was me ^ since when can you post as guest/drunk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty D Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 uhh is this gonna say guest too? yea me^... my dirty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 hmmm guest posting... better tinker under the hak5 forum hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duelus Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 you would have a lot of cableling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erroneous Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 You could always take off the caps (the ones with the most farrads), charge them, then walk up to a friend and say "catch!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingwray Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Putting the in a circuit with the reverse polarity works better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoyBoy Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 you could wire about a thousand LEDs into it and put a clear case on it. That would light up very nice untill you blow the LEDs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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