Testing a cheap power supply @pileofstuff
Testing a cheap power supply  @pileofstuff
Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This cheap Aliexpress 12 volt power supply showed up in the last mailbag, and I wanted to run it through its paces to see how bad (or good) it is.


I hope to push it harder in the future to see where it maxes out, but I've go t to wait for more power resistors to arrive first.


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