powering things with a computer power supply

[JUHL 10+ year member]

yah man it doesnt work.. ****

 

[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

you def sure the fan dont turn on?

you might have blown it lol

 

[JUHL 10+ year member]

im pretty sure, cuz i have a small battery charger that i hooked it up too, and it works fine. it works

 

[JUHL 10+ year member]

shit idk

 

[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

???

a what do you mean battery charger?

hooked up the battery charger to the psu?

 

[JUHL 10+ year member]

just a motorcycle battery charger, it can put out 12v or 6v. i hooked it up to the PS a second ago and the power supply works fine... it just wont power up by itself. idk why

 

[JUHL 10+ year member]

well shitttt...

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Why would you hook a battery charger to a power supply? They are both sources.

Stop messing with a power supply, and go hook up the headunit to your car's battery.

 

[Bun-Bun 10+ year member]

I have a PSU here that for whatever reason as well won't turn on by jumping the green to black. It is very bizzare. My PSU tester also can not get the dang thing to turn on. But hook it up to a mobo and it works fine... makes no friggin sense...

And it used to work fine too with the jump trick but then one day it quit. I bought another one and it works fine so I have no idea...

BTW it is a good idea to have a battery connected in parallel when doing this anyway...