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Topic: XT60 Power Connectors (Read 440 times)

legendary
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November 29, 2016, 07:07:54 PM
#5
Not sure if the wire you are putting it too is high enough gauge for a single strand..
Beyond that: When using a DC bus system that can easily supply current far in excess of what a miner/hashboard needs, ALWAYS fuse EACH load!
Tupsu had a s7 fed from a 4kw supply, something in the Vcore regulator area failed and as a result, 333A @ 12v (4kw or the output of a very nice arc welder) led to to...
legendary
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November 29, 2016, 06:00:11 PM
#4
Not sure if the wire you are putting it too is high enough gauge for a single strand..
full member
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November 29, 2016, 04:01:19 PM
#3
Nearly.
Some voltage drop I'm going to run this on the bench tomorrow and tweak the PSU's to 12.5v at the Miners.
I've dropped about 0.12 th/s on this miner.

Luckily the DPS-1300's have a potentiometer under an easily removed cover, rather than taking the whole power supply apart.

I've nearly made a small PCB with three soldered PCI-e receptacles and an XT60 on it.
The idea is for the PCB to push straight onto the miner then plug into the power supply.

The PCB is a paxoline sheet with two 1.5mm thick copper bus bars glued on it then drilled.
I'm using a 100 watt iron and an SMD rework station to get the heat up on the copper to solder, whilst resting them on a sandwich toaster hot plate I made a couple of years back.

It's not a PCB as PCB's go, but I've got a much larger chunk of copper to handle the power.
hero member
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November 29, 2016, 03:37:41 PM
#2
Look nice and beefy. Power delivery ok to the boards?
full member
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November 29, 2016, 03:19:16 PM
#1
Modified one S7 to try out the XT60 power connectors on the DC side.
So far so good.

https://imgur.com/gallery/5avD8
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