Posted November 10, 2011
OK, here is the situation. I am an idiot.
Now that we've got that part over with, basically we've imported 8 PSUs from Korea that looked to have a good combination of cheapiness and reliability for current and future use at the office. Yes, I was the recommender. $25 for each of these seemed a pretty good deal before today.
The big blunder, here, is that I never really made sure these PSUs could take both 110/220v. The things arrived today after a month of waiting (they came by ship), and these PSUs would be perfect for Asia or Europe but this is an American island and we only use 110v. The PSU label says 200-240AC, not 100-240AC... There is also no separate switch.
We called support to ask if there's anything the end user could do to change the voltage to 110v, and they just gave us a list of their other products that can take 100-240.
Is this something a guy with no engineering or related experience can do? I mean like changing this thing from a PSU that needs 220v input to one that takes 110v input? Are there some easy parts I could get that I could replace on the board itself? I've already opened up the PSU case, and still have no clue. I did some soldering for car speakers back in high school. Will that help? lol. BTW, the PSUs are ATX 2.2 compatible.
I could also upload some close-up shots tomorrow if needed.
Out of the question at this point are:
1. Buying transformers (they cost more than the PSUs, so this is a last-resort option)
2. Returning the products for refund/exchange (shipping costs and time.....)
3. Just plugging it in (we tried it on an old PC and it won't boot)
Now that we've got that part over with, basically we've imported 8 PSUs from Korea that looked to have a good combination of cheapiness and reliability for current and future use at the office. Yes, I was the recommender. $25 for each of these seemed a pretty good deal before today.
The big blunder, here, is that I never really made sure these PSUs could take both 110/220v. The things arrived today after a month of waiting (they came by ship), and these PSUs would be perfect for Asia or Europe but this is an American island and we only use 110v. The PSU label says 200-240AC, not 100-240AC... There is also no separate switch.
We called support to ask if there's anything the end user could do to change the voltage to 110v, and they just gave us a list of their other products that can take 100-240.
Is this something a guy with no engineering or related experience can do? I mean like changing this thing from a PSU that needs 220v input to one that takes 110v input? Are there some easy parts I could get that I could replace on the board itself? I've already opened up the PSU case, and still have no clue. I did some soldering for car speakers back in high school. Will that help? lol. BTW, the PSUs are ATX 2.2 compatible.
I could also upload some close-up shots tomorrow if needed.
Out of the question at this point are:
1. Buying transformers (they cost more than the PSUs, so this is a last-resort option)
2. Returning the products for refund/exchange (shipping costs and time.....)
3. Just plugging it in (we tried it on an old PC and it won't boot)
Post edited November 10, 2011 by grape1829
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