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Odd output from Elenco XP-15K Power Supply
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ArthurDent:
tomherrick - You should still look at this as a positive experience as you did learn from it (and no one got injured!). We all have these little oversights and a while ago I was working on a voltage reference that I had powered on for months allowing it to burn-in when I went to make a change and forgot to remove the power and destroyed a $60 IC.

A good place to find a suitable supply would be Craigslist or Facebook market place and look for a supply that hams might use for powering mobile equipment. Most of these have 13.8VDC output and some even have a cigarette lighter socket as well as binding posts to power equipment. They generally range from a few amps up to 20 amps or more and could start at $25 and up to $100 for really big ones.
tomherrick:
The thing that really bugs me is that I did determine the amperage of the equipment this was supposed to power. So I looked for a 12VDC 2A power supply. I probably misread or there was probably-not a typo. Simple goof on my part. Thanks again to everyone who tried to help me work out this issue. Damn nice forum you have here.

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