Will this power supply handle a 80watt TEC and a 226?

[vengance_01]

I am going tec and was wondering will this unit, the MEAN WELL S-320-12 handle both or should I just hook it up to main PSU? The 80Watt one.

[mdzcpa]

Definitely put the 80w on your regular ATX PSU....assuming of course that you have a solid 400w or better PSU.

The meanwell will be maxxed out powering the 226w pelt.

[vengance_01]

I have a 420 Watt Enernmax 420 noise taker. Would I just take a molex and wire the bare wires to the molex if I want to power the 80Watt off of my PSU.

[mdzcpa]

I would use a spare male molex connector you have laying around connect it to the 80w pelt (assuming your 80w pelt does not already have a molex connector...some do like the Swiftech MCW50+T) Wire it up so that red pelt wire will connect to a yellow PSU wire, and the black to the black. This is done to make sure you are running the 80w pelt off the 12v PSU line. Make sure to use solder and shrink wrap on the connections if you can...even the 80w pelt can pull enough juice to warm the connections. Once you have male connector on the pelt, it becomes simply plug and play.

[sandman]

I would use a spare male molex connector you have laying around connect it to the 80w pelt (assuming your 80w pelt does not already have a molex connector...some do like the Swiftech MCW50+T) Wire it up so that red pelt wire will connect to a yellow PSU wire, and the black to the black. This is done to make sure you are running the 80w pelt off the 12v PSU line. Make sure to use solder and shrink wrap on the connections if you can...even the 80w pelt can pull enough juice to warm the connections. Once you have male connector on the pelt, it becomes simply plug and play.

I disagree, when I did this I didn't get the molex together well one tiem apparently. Long Story short, I got the connection hot enough to turn the yellow wire a brown-black color.

[mdzcpa]

There's nothing to disagree with in the process I described. If its completed as described above, it works perfectly. You just botched the job:)

[sandman]

There's nothing to disagree with in the process I described. If its completed as described above, it works perfectly. You just botched the job:)

Possible, but, I would still use these types of connectors. Alot more surface area. Not the greatest pics, but it's basically this steel peice that slides inside a little slot in anothe bent metal peice. Alot more contact area, and so less heat.

[mdzcpa]

Not a bad way to do it all. I'll give you that.

Its just a bit of overkill for a 12v 80w TEC.

[sandman]

Not a bad way to do it all. I'll give you that.

Its just a bit of overkill for a 12v 80w TEC.

I suppose it might be, anyway, we're off topic.

A molex would more than likely work fine, but I'm kinda paranoid about my computer.

[vengance_01]

They are quick ponts right? I used those when I had to splice the X800XT PE fan connector onto my Artic Cooler Rev 2(old ALU version)

[mdzcpa]

I suppose it might be, anyway, we're off topic.

A molex would more than likely work fine, but I'm kinda paranoid about my computer.

Fair enough. Everyone has their own level of comfort and I respect that:) I just don't want anyone to get the impression that I was giving out unsafe advice. If done correctly a molex connector can easily handle an 80w TEC at 12v. However, if they want to be super duper safe, they can always do more like you did:)

[noskill]

Fair enough. Everyone has their own level of comfort and I respect that:) I just don't want anyone to get the impression that I was giving out unsafe advice. If done correctly a molex connector can easily handle an 80w TEC at 12v. However, if they want to be super duper safe, they can always do more like you did:)

Just keep in mind I've seen many MCW50-T owners (and myself too) that had some problems with that Molex connector. Voltage and amps are pretty high and there seems to be sight defect with connector. After some time it gets hot and sometimes wires just burn out.

I just cut off Molex when I noticed that and connected Pelt to PSU wires. I'm using external ATX PSU anyway, so it was no big deal.

Just a my $0.02 ;)

[mdzcpa]

Given the number of MCW50-Ts out there, the actual trouble reports have been small. And even then, some were the fault of the users not fully coupling the connectors.

If using an external PSU, I'd hard wire it too. That's the only way to go with anything larger than the 80w tec anyway. The trouble is that many folks use the meanwell S-320 which cannot handle anything but the 226, forcing th user to put the 80w on the atx psu.

[noskill]

Given the number of MCW50-Ts out there, the actual trouble reports have been small. And even then, some were the fault of the users not fully coupling the connectors.

Of course, but there might be certain problem.

If using an external PSU, I'd hard wire it too. That's the only way to go with anything larger than the 80w tec anyway. The trouble is that many folks use the meanwell S-320 which cannot handle anything but the 226, forcing th user to put the 80w on the atx psu.

I used kind of industrial connector to connect Pelt to PSU. It almost just like what comes with MCW5002-PT.

Even 226W Pelt puts S-320 to almost its limit. So there is nothing to do for extra pelts except of getting extra PSU. I'm going to change 80W Pelt in MCW50-T to 172W one (24V), and use two modded ATX PSUs to get 24V. Much more cheaper than getting 24V version of S-320.