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AmIdYfReAk Elite Joined: 10 Feb 2000 Posts: 28023	Posted: 03-01-2005 08:56 PM                  Anyone know a Feasible/cheap way to combine two +5V DC Lines to create a +10V DC charge? I am looking at connecting the power off of two USB ports to get a little more juice.
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U4EA i liek boobies Joined: 26 Nov 2000 Posts: 11930	Posted: 03-01-2005 11:04 PM                  Sticky tape.
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AmIdYfReAk Elite Joined: 10 Feb 2000 Posts: 28023	Posted: 03-02-2005 05:24 AM                  wouldent that cause resistance on the lines? i dont want to burn out the usb ports ( they are on my PS2 )
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YourGrandpa Blockheaded Blubberboy Joined: 16 Apr 2000 Posts: 20816	Posted: 03-02-2005 05:23 PM                  Tie the two 5v positives together , then tie the two 5v negatives together. Paralleling the two voltage sorces together will give you 10 volts. Just don't touch the positive to the negative. GL.
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AmIdYfReAk Elite Joined: 10 Feb 2000 Posts: 28023	Posted: 03-02-2005 05:50 PM                  yea, that is the obvious answer, BUT! there will be huge resistance of on the +5's and i fear that i will blow out the +5 rails on the PS2.
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AmIdYfReAk Elite Joined: 10 Feb 2000 Posts: 28023	Posted: 03-02-2005 07:48 PM                  btw, two 5V's would come out to be ~7V's with all of the resistance....
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U4EA i liek boobies Joined: 26 Nov 2000 Posts: 11930	Posted: 03-02-2005 11:04 PM                  I got no idea man, I was kidding about the sticky tape.
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AmIdYfReAk Elite Joined: 10 Feb 2000 Posts: 28023	Posted: 03-03-2005 12:15 PM                  Well, 5+5=10 but when you start adding the resistance, 5+5=7 and its all good, im just wondering if there is a feesable way
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dzjepp It felt good... Joined: 28 Mar 2001 Posts: 9558	Posted: 03-03-2005 01:50 PM                    Why you always gotta go the mad scientist route with everything?
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AmIdYfReAk Elite Joined: 10 Feb 2000 Posts: 28023	Posted: 03-03-2005 05:37 PM                  duuuude, it works! thats why!. The SP2 Slim ( or called PStwo ) has a heating issue, And i want this thing to last ( Gt4 bebeeee!!! ) so i've been trying to cook up a cooling silution to get the job done, Thus far.. all i can come up with is Two usb cables, 486dx2 HSF, paper, Electrical tape... the rest you can just guess.
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Foo Timed Out Joined: 02 Aug 2000 Posts: 38064	Posted: 03-04-2005 08:51 AM                    You would be risking less to use the input from the main power. Since the transformer on the PStwo is on the cord and not in the unit, you should be able to take power off from the point where the cord enters the PStwo. It's a standard plug, too... you can get 1 male and one female component for that power lead, and just splice straight in. You might have to deal with voltage drops, but there's likely more regulation built into the power input than there are to the USB sockets, so it'll be safer? _________________ "Maybe you have some bird ideas. Maybe that’s the best you can do." ― Terry A. Davis
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dzjepp It felt good... Joined: 28 Mar 2001 Posts: 9558	Posted: 03-11-2005 05:51 PM                    Last summer I cooled my PSOne (PSX) with one of those small standard desk fans, it couldn't be any more than a foot long... and it did a fabulous job. After 3hrs of Final Fantasy Tactics that thing was warm as fuck... but the fan kept it cool all the way through, the bottom was cool to the touch and everything and no skipping.
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AmIdYfReAk Elite Joined: 10 Feb 2000 Posts: 28023	Posted: 03-11-2005 07:07 PM                  what did you power it off of djepp? a +12 on the mobo?
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dzjepp It felt good... Joined: 28 Mar 2001 Posts: 9558	Posted: 03-11-2005 09:33 PM                    Hehe no sir, I'm not familiar with riggin electronics like some of you guys are. What I simply states was that it was a desk standing fan and that's how I kept it. So I turned it on/off with a switch whenever I needed to. But I tell ya, with the dead of summer temps. and the PSOne heating good enough to fry an egg the fan did the job well.
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AmIdYfReAk Elite Joined: 10 Feb 2000 Posts: 28023	Posted: 03-12-2005 10:34 AM                  ahhh, Sorry i mis read it..
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