| Thanks to everyone pointing me to articles on ATX power supplies as 
bench supplies.  Mine is a very oldAT supply, but I'm hoping that the 
same principles apply to it. 
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 3/22/2017 12:26 AM, Prasad VU2PTT wrote:
 
Pete,
This should answer your questions:
http://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/blog/convert-atx-psu-to-bench-supply.html
73
Prasad VU2PTT
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On 21-Mar-2017, at 8:15 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr@comcast.net 
<mailto:n4zr@comcast.net>> wrote: 
 I'm sorry for the off-topic question, but can't find a good reflector 
for this one, and I figured this diverse group was most likely to 
have answers.  Please feel free to reply off-list.
10-plus years ago, I built what was to be a bench supply using an old 
AT power supply - 5 and 12 volts. It didn't put out any voltage, so I 
shelved it - figuring a bum supply.  Then just a relatively few years 
ago, I read that these supplies required some load on the 5V supply 
in order to put out any power on either output.  I can't find the 
reference now, and am hoping some of the knowledgeable here will have 
some info on this. 
Thanks for your patience
--
73, Pete N4ZR
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