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[maylar 10+ year member]

EFFF I'm guessing you can't just parallel them. I have 2 matching 950w power supplies but they shut off if I try to parallel them and run a single amp one them. What his this power diode or shottkey you speak of?

The power supply's voltage regulator will shut down if it senses a voltage higher than what it's set for, even by a few millivolts. To prevent that you need to isolate them from each other with a diode, which passes current in only one direction. At the currents we're talking about (20 amps +) that would require a power diode, or rectifier. Digikey has them: (put rectifier in the search box)

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Unfortunately, you'll lose 3/4 of a volt or more due to the voltage drop of the diode. If the PS is adjustable you can compensate for that by cranking the output up a bit. If not, you'll have to suffer with it. A Schottkey diode is a special type used in low voltage switching power supplies that has about half the forward voltage drop of a standard diode.

 

[skylineTT 10+ year member]

Dang, that would leave my current PSU's at around 11v. Can't run audio equipment on that safely.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Gotta be possible somehow, find out how Jacob did it...

 

[Exist_ential 10+ year member]

this may be an @sshole thing to do but, try trolling a couple local industrial electricians. tell them you have a project you are doing and what you want to accomplish but that you have decided it probably out of your comfort zone. when they get there let them know up front you are going to be taking notes as you have a couple other guys coming out to take a look at the same project. ask A LOT of questions, take notes, compare all the contractors notes against each other then just buy everything and do it yourself.

i do this all the time when i have a project i want to do (to be read as: project my wife wants me to do). then i go to home depot and lowes and buy all the shyt and do it myself.

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

Those industrial switchers are adjustable, you can compensate for the diode loss.