ATX to Amiga 2000 PSU shell experiment

[AmmoJammo]

I don't think you should be doing this at all.
I get the impression you have no electronic, or even mechanical assembly experience, and you're playing with dangerous, and deadly voltages.

Might I suggest you tackle some low voltage projects before attempting this..

[AmmoJammo]

110v isn't deadly. Splicing a switch into the positive wire shouldn't be too hard. You need to use some thick wire, but you can steal that from an old power cable.

positive wire? are we even talking about mains voltage anymore? :whack:

[AmmoJammo]

Here in the states it's common to call one side of the wire coming out of a power outlet the positive wire.

sure... which one.. seeing neither are positive :laughing:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_color_is_the_positive_in_a_standard_ac_power_cord?#slide=1

[AmmoJammo]

The 240v we have in the Netherlands aren't either, but the accompanying 16 amps certainly can be.

So sick of people making uninformed comments like that. At 240volts you won't conduct 16amps so the potential output current has nothing to do with it.

[AmmoJammo]

Because the resistance of your body is no where near low enough. "its not the voltage, its the current that kills you" is correct, but without a high enough voltage you won't conduct enough current to do anything. You could have a 1000amp 20volt supply and feel nothing.

[AmmoJammo]

@Gertsy,

RCDs? Is that like a ground fault interrupt?

Chris

Indeed, residual current device, so if there's current flowing to earth, above a certain level, it trips the switch and shuts off power to the power points/outlets in the house...

My A520 switchmode power supply would cause an RCD I have in a power board/strip to trip.... occasionally... :roflmao: