Benchtop power supply

Hi Peter

Depends on what your priorities are. Are you going to need voltages as high as 60V ? If you are going to work with the usual hobby things you probably won’t get to need much more than 12 or 24V. There seems to be a lot of activity with high power LEDs and a lot of them. It won’t take many of these to use up the 5A of this supply and still only use a maximum of 12V.
With this in mind maybe the better option would be to go for more current. I notice there are a selection of 30V 10A units around in a similar price range but at the end of the day it is up to you. You are the only one that knows what you are going to need.

Tip: DON"T buy anything WITHOUT current limiting facility. Down the track with more experience you will find this feature very useful and you will miss it if it is not there.
Cheers Bob

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