[Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Re: Older CoCo Single Full Height Bay Drive Cases....

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 01 April 2005 20:33, Dave wrote:
>Gene, the dual drive cases are rated at .25A or 30W approx. Do you
>have a single drive unit and the rating of the PS by any chance?
>Cheers Dave

No, I don't ATM.  30 watts in would be the equ of 6 amps at 5 volts, 
or 3 amps at 12 volts, or a mixture of the 2.  Eg, 3 amps at 5 volts, 
and 1.5 amps at 12 volts should be doable.  I think 2 drives should 
be pretty happy running on that.

I think, generally, that if its not anywhere near running at full CCS, 
that it can supply an amp for the motors and another amp for the 
electronics without too much trouble.  That should run a pair of 
drives for long enough to format a disk & do a backup I'd think.  Do 
that 4x running and I'd be considering the addition of a fan in the 
case, just a teeny litle 486 sized thing blowing on the tranny and 
regulator board should be enough.  Once the motors stop, I see no 
reason to worry about overheating anything.

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