Posts Tagged ‘power supply’

Every electronics workbench needs a power supply. Depending on your experience and type of projects, you might even need multiple power supplies. Converting a PC power supply to bench use is one option, but I needed something smaller with variable output voltage. A variable output of 0-15 vdc @ 1 amp and a built in voltmeter, to more more specific. So off to eBay I went looking for a project case, panel mount voltmeter and some other small parts. One of my eBay searches turned up a new tattoo power supply for $6. Well here was my case, digital voltmeter, switches and power cord for a fraction of the price of the individual parts. If I was lucky, some of the internal parts could also be used.

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