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donator
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Very nice, that was smart.

How long have you been working with these?

A few weeks.  I wanted to find a way to not have to spend $25,000 on the power supplies I will need.

I bought 55 of these and saved a lot of money. 

What are you powering ? S1s ?

Just testing on BFL singles right now.  I have ~100Th of day 1 Monarch's and Neptunes on order. 
hero member
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Very nice, that was smart.

How long have you been working with these?

A few weeks.  I wanted to find a way to not have to spend $25,000 on the power supplies I will need.

I bought 55 of these and saved a lot of money. 

What are you powering ? S1s ?
donator
Activity: 1057
Merit: 1021

Very nice, that was smart.

How long have you been working with these?

A few weeks.  I wanted to find a way to not have to spend $25,000 on the power supplies I will need.

I bought 55 of these and saved a lot of money. 
hero member
Activity: 728
Merit: 500

That black is spray silicone?

Potting compound.


Have you welded those plugs?

Yes they are welded together so they make a tighter fit.  You can lift up the PSU by the plugs and they won't come out.  Then we just used non-conductive potting compound to seal them in for eternity.


Nice. How did you weld that, is it copper?


They are aluminum alloy.  We used a Miller Dynasty 200 and Tig welded them.

http://www.elecdirect.com/product/b70233a5-014e-4acb-9ab6-2b16e37f6d9b.aspx


I wonder what you do when you want to remove or tighten the bottom wire?

I drilled out the outer plug before I welded it.  You just remove the outer plug and the screwdriver goes through to the inner plug.


Very nice, that was smart.

How long have you been working with these?
donator
Activity: 1057
Merit: 1021

That black is spray silicone?

Potting compound.


Have you welded those plugs?

Yes they are welded together so they make a tighter fit.  You can lift up the PSU by the plugs and they won't come out.  Then we just used non-conductive potting compound to seal them in for eternity.


Nice. How did you weld that, is it copper?


They are aluminum alloy.  We used a Miller Dynasty 200 and Tig welded them.

http://www.elecdirect.com/product/b70233a5-014e-4acb-9ab6-2b16e37f6d9b.aspx


I wonder what you do when you want to remove or tighten the bottom wire?

I drilled out the outer plug before I welded it.  You just remove the outer plug and the screwdriver goes through to the inner plug.
hero member
Activity: 728
Merit: 500

That black is spray silicone?

Potting compound.


Have you welded those plugs?

Yes they are welded together so they make a tighter fit.  You can lift up the PSU by the plugs and they won't come out.  Then we just used non-conductive potting compound to seal them in for eternity.



Waw, just saw that, nice!




Nice. How did you weld that, is it copper?


They are aluminum alloy.  We used a Miller Dynasty 200 and Tig welded them.

http://www.elecdirect.com/product/b70233a5-014e-4acb-9ab6-2b16e37f6d9b.aspx


Waw, just saw that! Nice!



hero member
Activity: 728
Merit: 500

That black is spray silicone?

Potting compound.


Have you welded those plugs?

Yes they are welded together so they make a tighter fit.  You can lift up the PSU by the plugs and they won't come out.  Then we just used non-conductive potting compound to seal them in for eternity.


Nice. How did you weld that, is it copper?


They are aluminum alloy.  We used a Miller Dynasty 200 and Tig welded them.

http://www.elecdirect.com/product/b70233a5-014e-4acb-9ab6-2b16e37f6d9b.aspx


I wonder what you do when you want to remove or tighten the bottom wire?
donator
Activity: 1057
Merit: 1021

That black is spray silicone?

Potting compound.


Have you welded those plugs?

Yes they are welded together so they make a tighter fit.  You can lift up the PSU by the plugs and they won't come out.  Then we just used non-conductive potting compound to seal them in for eternity.


Nice. How did you weld that, is it copper?


They are aluminum alloy.  We used a Miller Dynasty 200 and Tig welded them.

http://www.elecdirect.com/product/b70233a5-014e-4acb-9ab6-2b16e37f6d9b.aspx
hero member
Activity: 728
Merit: 500

That black is spray silicone?

Potting compound.


Have you welded those plugs?

Yes they are welded together so they make a tighter fit.  You can lift up the PSU by the plugs and they won't come out.  Then we just used non-conductive potting compound to seal them in for eternity.


Nice. How did you weld that, is it copper?
donator
Activity: 1057
Merit: 1021

That black is spray silicone?

Potting compound.


Have you welded those plugs?

Yes they are welded together so they make a tighter fit.  You can lift up the PSU by the plugs and they won't come out.  Then we just used non-conductive potting compound to seal them in for eternity.
hero member
Activity: 728
Merit: 500

That black is spray silicone?

Potting compound.


Have you welded those plugs?
donator
Activity: 1057
Merit: 1021

That black is spray silicone?

Potting compound.
hero member
Activity: 728
Merit: 500
hero member
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Merit: 500
Thank You for this!  And thanks for the step by step pics!
 Shocked
For anyone looking for copper:

Home Depot: BTC0614-B2 http://www.homedepot.com/p/Blackburn-Single-Conductor-6-Stranded-to-14-AWG-Type-BTC-Copper-Wire-Connectors-2-Pack-BTC0614-B2-5/100206838?keyword=BTC0614-b2
UPC: 78378637251

No solder, no cutting  Grin I don't have a caliper handy or I'd measure it out for you.  It's about 9mm x 1.7mm eyeballing it.



For god shake!

How the fuck did you find that??

You are awesome!

 Shocked


Wow.  

I'm a genius?

Actually, I researched online for a few hours trying to source that copper bar.  Then I gave up walked around home depot with a power supply and started jamming shit into it until something fit Smiley  

I also made a power on plug using a PCI slot cover/rosewill case part and some electric tape...  0 Soldering required for the whole setup:



Hi Miaviator,

I am in my garage now trying to do the non-solder trick with a pci slot cover but the psu is not turning on. Do I just place the piece of metal in the slot where pins 3 & 4 are? The AC light comes on but no fans spin. I have only 1 PCI-E connector in my Ant and the fan does not spin up on the Ant either.

Do you know whats wrong?

thx
ipxtreme


You are doing something wrong.
If the DC led does not show up then means that you have not connected the two pins.

Make sure it is like the picture bellow:




sr. member
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Thank You for this!  And thanks for the step by step pics!
 Shocked
For anyone looking for copper:

Home Depot: BTC0614-B2 http://www.homedepot.com/p/Blackburn-Single-Conductor-6-Stranded-to-14-AWG-Type-BTC-Copper-Wire-Connectors-2-Pack-BTC0614-B2-5/100206838?keyword=BTC0614-b2
UPC: 78378637251

No solder, no cutting  Grin I don't have a caliper handy or I'd measure it out for you.  It's about 9mm x 1.7mm eyeballing it.




For god shake!

How the fuck did you find that??

You are awesome!

 Shocked


Wow. 

I'm a genius?

Actually, I researched online for a few hours trying to source that copper bar.  Then I gave up walked around home depot with a power supply and started jamming shit into it until something fit Smiley 

I also made a power on plug using a PCI slot cover/rosewill case part and some electric tape...  0 Soldering required for the whole setup:





Hi Miaviator,

I am in my garage now trying to do the non-solder trick with a pci slot cover but the psu is not turning on. Do I just place the piece of metal in the slot where pins 3 & 4 are? The AC light comes on but no fans spin. I have only 1 PCI-E connector in my Ant and the fan does not spin up on the Ant either.

Do you know whats wrong?

thx
ipxtreme
donator
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PSU Porn
hero member
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It's been more than 2 weeks and I can report that all three PSUs are working great and each of them are powering 2 OC'd ants. My PSU was HP server power supply with 850 Watts. No complaints whatsoever and I even sold my expensive Seasonic already.

Nice feedback.

Any pictures of your work?
sr. member
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It's been more than 2 weeks and I can report that all three PSUs are working great and each of them are powering 2 OC'd ants. My PSU was HP server power supply with 850 Watts. No complaints whatsoever and I even sold my expensive Seasonic already.
hero member
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So, what is the verdict on these nice brass terminal lugs?
Would they make good contact with having a hole in the center?
Are they OK to use?
Thanks

1) copper
2) even with a hole they are at least 20x larger on contact than the pins they connect to inside the PSU.

These are rated for a lot more amps than that PSU puts out.

But you can always fill in the whole hole

By the way I meant "copper" not brass.
miaviator, I know, this was your finding .
Are you using them on any of your PSUs without filling the whole?
Any problem with them so far?


Really, miaviator , have they been working well so far? Have you measured any temps close to the contact?

No issues.  Hot glue helps to prevent slippage.  Temps are fine via ir probe.

I use 14 awg stranded leads to each pcie adapter at two per PSU for ants

18 awg stranded DC pigtails x 12 for griseeds using 4 way splitters I power 48 seeds.

Great miaviator.
Built 16AWG (PCI-E) and 12AWG at the end.
Now, Just waiting for the PSUs arrive.

tzortz σας ευχαριστώ for the great instruction man.


Great helping each other in this discussion!

Παρακαλώ για τα καλά σου λόγια!
newbie
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So, what is the verdict on these nice brass terminal lugs?
Would they make good contact with having a hole in the center?
Are they OK to use?
Thanks

1) copper
2) even with a hole they are at least 20x larger on contact than the pins they connect to inside the PSU.

These are rated for a lot more amps than that PSU puts out.

But you can always fill in the whole hole

By the way I meant "copper" not brass.
miaviator, I know, this was your finding .
Are you using them on any of your PSUs without filling the whole?
Any problem with them so far?


Really, miaviator , have they been working well so far? Have you measured any temps close to the contact?

No issues.  Hot glue helps to prevent slippage.  Temps are fine via ir probe.

I use 14 awg stranded leads to each pcie adapter at two per PSU for ants

18 awg stranded DC pigtails x 12 for griseeds using 4 way splitters I power 48 seeds.

Great miaviator.
Built 16AWG (PCI-E) and 12AWG at the end.
Now, Just waiting for the PSUs arrive.

tzortz σας ευχαριστώ for the great instruction man.
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