A while back there was a funny thread about a person who was making C64
power supplies by putting wall warts in an enclosure and selling them as
professional grade.
I came across my own questionable homemade power suppy recently. The
picture is here:
http://brutman.com/2009_0329_161949.jpg
This is supposed to feed an expanded PCjr that has two power inputs. It
looks like somebody broke open two PCjr power bricks and wired them in
parallel to one line cord, then glued the bottom of the exposed bricks
to keep them from bouncing around in the metal enclosure.
To me, this looks really ugly, and I'm suprised that somebody went to
this depth. The frames of the transformers were grounded, but the box
itself was not grounded.
I like the concept, I just don't like the way it was executed. It will
never look pretty, but is there a way to make it safe? Is it enough to
secure the transformers to the box in a more robust way, and then
connect the box to the ground, or should I just be thinking about
recycling the components?
Mike