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Re: [OT] ATX-PSU and amperage on connectors...



Am 2008-03-05 12:43:02, schrieb Leonardo Boselli:
> If you note there are many yellow red and orange wires in parallel ... i

I have gotten the specs for the Molex (ATX, P4, ...) connectors
and they are 6A/pin.

So now I can calculate a little bit better

> have a 400w psu here and have 4 yellow (12) 5 red (5) and 5 (3.3) orange
> wires for the 18A nominal supplied ! and in fact it is told 10 A per wire
> ...
     ...but only 6A/pin!

> apart for fans and disks on a computer what are the other 12V users ???

Only the 2x2 P4 connector but nothing more AFAIK.

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    24V Electronic Engineer
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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