Power Supply Testing/Tutorial on how to convert ATX Power Supply to lab power supply

1. Get a power supply.

2. Remove the shield.

shield

3. Drill 5 holes.

4. Put the 5 binding post in the five holes

5 bin posts

5. Shorten the length of the wires.

6. Tape it with electrical tape.[File:Cables_fixed.jpg|thumb|center|joining the wires colors and taped]]

7. Get one long wire of each cable.

8. Connect it to the rest of the wires.

long wire connected to rest of the wires

8. Remove the gray wire.

removing the gray wire

9. Remove the purple wire.

removing purple wire

10. Tape it with electrical tape the remaining pieces of both gray and purple wires.

gray wire with electrical tape

purple wire taped

11. Strip the long wires and connect them to the binding posts.

12. Solder the wires.

solder wires

13. Close the power supply.

14. Turn the power supply on.

15. Test if the power supply works.

16. Get the power cord

power cord

17. Connect the power cord to the power supply

connecting the power cord to the power supply

18. Get the multimeter

get the multimeter

19. Turn the multimeter on to 20

turning the multimeter to 20

20. Place the black cord of the multimeter in the G binding post

21. Place the red cord on the 3.3 volt (the number may be +-2volts)

testing the 3.3 volts

22. Place the red cord in the 5 volts (the number may be +-2volts)

testing the 5 volts

23. Place the red cord in the 12 volts (the number may be +-2volts)

testing 12 volts

24. Place the red cord int the -12 volts (the number may be +-2volts)

testing -12 volts

The power supply works