Timeline for Paralleling power supplies for higher current
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| Jul 22, 2014 at 15:47 | comment | added | Spehro 'speff' Pefhany | Problem with that is that one of them could end up taking most of the current, so it would work for two supplies each of which could supply all the current. It might work by chance because the diodes add ballast drop, but even that is not great because its got a negative tempco (the one that's conducting more gets hotter, so its forward voltage goes down, and it gets more current). Also you lose one diode drop in the output voltage, which might not be acceptable. | |
| Jul 22, 2014 at 15:40 | history | answered | Luc | CC BY-SA 3.0 |