Bench test power supply question

[saltyreefguy 10+ year member]

I was wondering, i wanted to bench test couple amps. So i wanted to see, i

can use my car battery charger/sears/2/45/200amp, to supply power to all the testing

equipment, like the radio,eq,amps. Of course each item will be fuse protected,

so is this okay to do? or just hook up to a charged 12v car battery? thanks for

any advice..

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[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

I was wondering, i wanted to bench test couple amps. So i wanted to see, ican use my car battery charger/sears/2/45/200amp, to supply power to all the testing

equipment, like the radio,eq,amps. Of course each item will be fuse protected,

so is this okay to do? or just hook up to a charged 12v car battery? thanks for

any advice..

sounds smokey to me....

 

[saltyreefguy 10+ year member]

bad?

 

[matrxx dude 5,000+ posts]

ive got 2 astron 70's tied together with a diode,it works pretty darn good on smaller amps

 

[saltyreefguy 10+ year member]

also, forgot that would it be better to use a psu/500w, from a pc, would that be any different, same? like if i was going

to setup a car system for home, but use it test car audio equip.

 

[matrxx dude 5,000+ posts]

no they are only about 15 amps,not enough

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

I hope by the end of the week I can poast a pic of my setup.....by no means anything fancy...but it will get the job done....

 

[saltyreefguy 10+ year member]

your're right i totally forgot those are only rated for 15a. the 12v bench power supply unit

are very pricey for even a 50a ps.

Guess i can charge up my yellowtop and have my charger on at 2a trickle and then hookup everything

to it to test..