Running two power supply's parallel.

[reddog45]

Will this work? I have two pyramid 50 amp supply's. just curious if they will work in parallel.


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[Beetle]

The supplies should have come with some sort of operator's manual to tell you whether you can do this or not. Some Astrons have provision for it, but I'm not aware of Pyramids being able to.

You might contact the company...

 

[Charlie Brown]

I ran two PS52's for years together. No issues except for a high light bill {Cry_river}

 

[reddog45]

So they worked well together Charlie Brown? No voltage drops or anything?


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[2RT307]

I have run two Iota's together with no issues. Contact the manufacturer and ask.

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RT307

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

If both supplies are of the same make and model and have the same voltage output then you can generally run them in parallel without an issue.Ideally you should have an isolation diode between them but it is not 100% necessary. Do NOT even think about using unregulated supplies in parallel however. Been there, tried that, saw the havoc it created, gave up on it.

 

[Charlie Brown]

So they worked well together Charlie Brown? No voltage drops or anything?


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No issues. Worked great. Now I'm running 6 of the switching powersupplies on 220v in parallel. No issues. Have the mounted in a 4 space rack case.

 

[TonyV225]

Ive also ran 2 Pyramid PS52K supplies together without a problem just MAKESURE THE VOLTAGE IS SET THE SAME ON BOTH SUPPLIES. I also have metal lugs (Astron style) on the main supplies negative and positive because of the plastic knobs melting.