Should exxos design a new CT60 PSU?

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PCB only using menswells power modules
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Meanwell modules fitted
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8%
Meanwell front end and exxos backend
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75%
Any combination
2
17%
 
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Re: Should exxos design a new CT60 PSU?

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Getting there !

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Looks really good !

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How did we all live before A.I. :lol:

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Built myself a really cool 3-D rendering engine where I can line up 3-D objects and everything is drag-and-drop them, because there are so many bad 3-D object files out there, I can simply grab a zip dump it on the browser and it will just update. So everything is really quick easy and simple :D

And in the case of fuse holder, I could not find any sort of fuse holder which was close to the ones I used.. So my new best friend made me one :D
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PSU PCB now on order. Couldn't get the inductors, so had to order those from Mouser and will have to fit them myself.

Also just sent off for the 2 cables to be made. One is a Falcon PSU cable for the CT60. The other is a ATX cable to go from the PSU to the CT60 / CT60e.

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Everything is a bit rushed, that's the problem. Couriers double the prices towards the end of the year. So have to get everything on order now , otherwise it be in the new year. So hopefully I've not screwed anything up.. But that be a first :)
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Cables on order.. man this will cost cost me like £1,000 so far in "Stuff" alone. Not even got anything physical in my hands yet ! Good job I got a high limit on my credit card !

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exxos wrote: Thu Nov 12, 2026 11:50 am Cables on order.. man this will cost cost me like £1,000 so far in "Stuff" alone. Not even got anything physical in my hands yet ! Good job I got a high limit on my credit card !


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exxos wrote: Thu Nov 12, 2026 11:50 am Cables on order.. man this will cost cost me like £1,000 so far in "Stuff" alone. Not even got anything physical in my hands yet ! Good job I got a high limit on my credit card !


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My eyes are watering on your behalf!!!
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Thu Nov 12, 2026 1:21 pm My eyes are watering on your behalf!!!
I just hope they make them correctly else it be a very expensive mistake !

I'm only planning on making 25 units in total. The outlay on doing stuff this days is madness :(
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exxos wrote: Thu Nov 12, 2026 1:36 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: Thu Nov 12, 2026 1:21 pm My eyes are watering on your behalf!!!
I just hope they make them correctly else it be a very expensive mistake !

I'm only planning on making 25 units in total. The outlay on doing stuff this days is madness :(
It certainly is when the market is limited.
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Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
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