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What should I do with an old PSU?

Brennan Price
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Ok, so basically I have an old PSU and was wondering if there are any uses for it in the hobby electric side of things. I don't think I want to use it in another pc but that could change in the future (Not likely though). I want this project to be on the cheap but once again I need ideas for the use of the PSU first.

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Personally I keep an old PSU around for troubleshooting.  You know that power supply works, so if you have a habit of building computers for friends, et cetera, you could keep that around in the case a computer isn't working.

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2 minutes ago, Brennan_Price said:

Ok, so basically I have an old PSU and was wondering if there are any uses for it in the hobby electric side of things. I don't think I want to use it in another pc but that could change in the future (Not likely though). I want this project to be on the cheap but once again I need ideas for the use of the PSU first.

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Well you can't take it apart!  Because that's highly dangerous and as far as anything else, I'm not sure.

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3 minutes ago, Brennan_Price said:

Ok, so basically I have an old PSU and was wondering if there are any uses for it in the hobby electric side of things. I don't think I want to use it in another pc but that could change in the future (Not likely though). I want this project to be on the cheap but once again I need ideas for the use of the PSU first.

Thanks, Brennan price

if it works and you think its realiable then use it as a backup incase you need to check somthing or go to someone like freegeek and scrap it for gold or somthing

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You could set it alight and dance around it performing pagan rituals. Or free geek. I'd do the electrical fire thing though.

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I usually scrap them for components.

Making a bench supply out of a PSU is possible, but I wouldn't recommend you do it because it'll prove to be unstable at times

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On 2/15/2016 at 6:45 PM, Mazeman03 said:

blow it up

Aman bro

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