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echo: rberrypi
to: DRUCK
from: RICK CHRISTIAN
date: 2019-02-06 12:19:00
subject: Racks and Power Supplies

   Hello druck!

24 Jan 19 08:45, you wrote to me:

 dr> While rounding up is immaterial for a single power supply, it gets
 dr> silly if you multiply it, and could end up costing more for bigger PSU
 dr> and heavy duty wiring which isn't needed.

 dr> When you start getting in to tens of units and need a high spec PSU,
 dr> you need to measure the actual current usage under load, and add a
 dr> suitable margin. Rather than just scaling up the recommendation aimed
 dr> at stopping people having problem with cheap wall warts.

Well aware of the rounding error issue, I would rather over size rather than
under size or just enough, with little to no room for expansion..

It might be 10 Pi's now, it could be 20-30 in the end or more.. who knows...

You can read the other post, I don't 10-20-30+ wall warts for Pi's.. I am
trying to erradicate them throughout my house.


Rick


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