a cheap power supply?

[Alexontherocks]

thanks for the reply on the capacitor..

Unfortunately the switch is located in Ukraine. This means that any complete project will have to wait untill I get it (highly unlikely that will happen before the 25th of July [I won't be home before the 15th of August]). I will be able, however to:

1) Rig and test 6+ supplies in parallel to check performance and voltage drop under load.

2) Build custom case/add ampmeters/ voltmeters and leds [I intend to hook a led to each PSU on the fan power lines. I will add a 1/2W or greater 470 ohm resistor. This will indicate any interruption on the power lines to the fans. As far as I know the +12v fan line is isolated from the +12v to the pc so that should give an independent signal of psu failure]

3) Start building the entire rig if switches are here (unlikely but possible) and possibily manually activating necessary relays to at least test a TEC and check for strange psu behaviour (as a result of careless assembly? ).

4) Take pics of everything so as to have an initial visual reference for most of what has been said in this thread.

They say patience is a virtue...