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| ocset:
--- Quote ---Turns out Meanwell will do light customisation for you at volumes of a thousand per year or so, --- End quote --- Thanks, and i agree with your other points too.....but as we know, Meanwell can't promptly service the requests of multiple companies simultaneously for custom power supplies. As such, a vendor like stontronics is needed, which has close links with large numbers of major Chinese power suppply designer/manufacturers, and is "up to speed" with all of them and knowledgeable about which Chinese company is the best one to go for, given a particular spec. I used to work at a company that got an offline 70W SMPS done via Stontronics, and after years of shipping it, they were happy with it. (BTW i am not advertising Chinese design/manufacture of SMPS for eg UK etc, i actually believe its a bad idea, but the point that i conceed is that many companies dont share my views, and just want a custom power supply pretty quickly and at a relatively low price, and really dont care where it comes from). Germany , France, USA , Aus, etc etc , must have a "stontronics equivalent" that they go through.....do you know of it? Or do they all just use Stontronics? --- Quote ---I sacked off Stontronics (Now Stadium Group) as a vendor due to poor reliability in some of their off the shelf 12V line lumps in 24/7 service. --- End quote --- Thanks, but some would say, .."had you asked stontronics to source you a power supply which was up to 24/7 service?.....was the "Line lump" specifically designed for 24/7 service?."... |
| ocset:
This is very interesting and appears to show that only UK is sourcing SMPS in really significant numbers from China.....so how are all the other companys in the world making SMPS's cheaper than the Chinese are doing it.?...or do they just have trade tariffs? Stontronics appears to be the only "go-between" company in the world that sources SMPS's from China...can this really be true? Is this perhaps why companies come to UK in relatively high numbers?....ie, because in UK they can buy SMPS's from China through Stontronics?...because in their own country, they dont have a "stontronics"? |
| dmills:
:palm: Get real! I usually use Sunpower as a default distributor, but there are plenty of others, and almost ANY major power supply vendor will do custom stuff for you if you dangle a few thousand units per year in front of them. I probably get a call a week from someone wanting to be our semi custom power supply supplier. Nothing UK specific about this, similar companies exist in pretty much every country for obvious reasons. Regards, Dan. |
| Ice-Tea:
- Take 5 power supplies around your house you consider decent quality - Turn them around - Read the label - Contact the companies At least half of them will be willing to do (semi-) custom stuff if you have the quantities to back it up. |
| ocset:
Thanks, but individual power supply design/manufacture companies have limited resources, they cannot take in unlimited work at any given time……….they may try to, but will run over schedule……….there is a need for a “command centre company”….ie,a company that is in touch with hundreds of large smps companies…..and can give the right contract, to the right smps company, at the right time…..in UK, that “command centre” company is stontronics….and they deal with loads of Chinese smps companies I am not saying I agree with the west getting smps ‘s designed in china……but many business people in the west want it. (if you want to see what i think about it..here it is... https://massey276.wixsite.com/government ) Stontronics is the “command centre” company for smps design/manufacture in Uk……..who does it in other countries?…or does nobody do it?….do trade tariffs exist to stop it? I am sure you understand that plumping on some indivudal company and hoping that they have the resources available at that time to do the custom design and manufacture work that you want is not realistic.....it might work some times...but you see the advantage of having a "stontronics"....who are always in touch with hundreds of enormous , high quality chinese smps companies, and can give the right contract, to the right chinese smps company, at the right time. --- Quote ---Nothing UK specific about this, similar companies exist in pretty much every country for obvious reasons. --- End quote --- Thanks but I just dont think they do....nobody can ever name one...is it because they operate in some sort of secrecy?......feeling guilty about trashing their own country's jobs etc etc...creating "rust belts" etc |
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