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The unit is simple and easy to use. It seems to work fine powering 50W/12VDC fridges. We bought 3 so far.
from Lehigh County PA on 10/4/2007
This unit was purchased about 1 month ago to power ICOM and Yaesu radios. Had it a little over a month and POOF!! The thing died. Checked the fuse, it was find. I think that the acutal manufacturer should go back to the drawing board and redesign the etire unit.
will notpower my 10 watt radio without tripping out. My radio draws 11 amps at 50 watts, so 10 watts should be a no brainer, but it will not work at anythiong over 5 watts output. This is NOT a 15 amp power supply!
I have been using this power supply in home automation solutions to provide power for 5 security cameras, 3 IR repeaters, 2 cordless phones, a hub, and a router (consolidating the wall-warts the each device comes with) for a little over 2 years, works great. This is a switching power supply, much cleaner output than the older units Radio Shack sold - as a result, be sure to surge supress the input, or better yet put it on a UPS!
Bought this unit to power several security cameras to get rid of all the wall warts they came with. Total current draw of all cameras combined was about 9A. Unit worked well and cool for about 3 months, then POOF! - dead unit. Opened it up for repair/fuse replacement - some hard to find MOSFETs are melted down. Fuse is fine. Don't know why, since all the cameras work when I put all the dang wall warts back on them. Guess I'd have to give this product 2 thumbs and two big toes down.
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i bought this almost 1 year ago, to use in my ham shack, and the thing cought a power surge, and boom, it burnt up internally, ruining my home brewd 2 meeter radio. DONT BUY IT..... PIECE OF GARBAGE>
I have ice chest that has to run on DC 12 volts and needs around 10 Amps. I had 2 of the orginal power supplies for it go bad because they could not carry the load. I have used this power supply 24/7 for over a year and I have never had a problem with it. It works great. It runs cool.
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I HATE THIS POWER SUPPLY!!! IT EXPLODED AND BURNED UP $400 WORTH OF HAM RADIOS! It used to work really well but I don't have any base ham radios anymore! I hope they will take this thing back!!! Don't buy, it's junk!
Hi everyone this 13.8 vdc 15 amp power supply is awsome. I could not have bought a beter thing. If you ever wondered if a car radio works in the house well it sure does. I have a Ford OEM factory radio my brother gave me and I have it powered up by this radio shack black black box its awsome. All you have to do to get a car radio to work in your house is to buy this box at radio shack purchase the factory wiring harnesses in my case since mine is a Ford radio i had to buy the Ford wiring harnesses. In the end all you have to do is wire it to the black box red to red black to black, turn the power on and it should work.
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Had the unit about 2 months wife had bought it for a birthday present was using it to power my 2 Meter Radio. There was a load pop and a flash then it quit. Could not prove when it was bought so Radio Shack would not replace it.
Just bought 2 to cycle my NiMh cells for my batt pack business. They have both been running constant for two weeks now at nominal 3A chg/dsch.
This power supply worked well on my RC battery charger and I was very happy with it until today. Today, while doing a discharge (read very low current draw) the power supply made a pop noise then failed. I assumed that getting it replaced wouldn't be a big deal because Radio Shack is pretty good about warranty issues, however this unit only has a 90 day warranty. Because of this I can't mark the unit very reliable, as it didn't last a year and the warranty is pretty weak. Next time I'll look for something with a year warranty.
Excellent power supply. The only negative I have is that the nuts on the posts do not come off. I would have like to have used ring terminals rather than bare wires. Other than that, I am very happy. I own 2 of these.