Progress Thread - 8750 Marion Dragline

[modelman]

TYLERDSAudi-I would NOT use a computer p.s.. I did that on my dragline and it worked for a while but only after adding chokes, capacitors, etc. but then it finally quite. The computer p.s. does not like electrical noise and you will have plenty of that with your electric motors. The p.s. will shutdown when you try to start a motor. Just my opinion but my experience with this was BAD!!! Another suggestion-you can get cheap AC to DC power supplies at radio shak in a lot of different voltages.

[TylerDSAudi]

Originally Posted by modelman

TYLERDSAudi-I would NOT use a computer p.s.. I did that on my dragline and it worked for a while but only after adding chokes, capacitors, etc. but then it finally quite. The computer p.s. does not like electrical noise and you will have plenty of that with your electric motors. The p.s. will shutdown when you try to start a motor. Just my opinion but my experience with this was BAD!!! Another suggestion-you can get cheap AC to DC power supplies at radio shak in a lot of different voltages.

Good to know! Thank you! I have been looking over your build as well! I'll look into those at radio shack for sure!