FSP Showcases new Liquid Cooled PSU

CES is well underway now, and for the first time ever, one of the largest PSU OEM companies out there, FSP is attending the show. There's a number of intriguing products on display at the FSP both, including a 2000W monster power supply, originally intended for cryptocurrency mining, along with a fresh new product the HPT850M and a new SFX platform as well.

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  • epeeist01
    Just FYI, but C13/C14 connector pair, i.e. the normal PC power cable, is limited to 10A. That is the root of the 10A*120VAC=1200W limit and no vendor technology can get you past that, so this FSP part is at the North American home-power limit. Everyone remember, in your next house you should get an L5-20 installed in your game/bit-mining room or you'll never go full tilt :)
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  • sykozis
    21662001 said:
    Just FYI, but C13/C14 connector pair, i.e. the normal PC power cable, is limited to 10A. That is the root of the 10A*120VAC=1200W limit and no vendor technology can get you past that, so this FSP part is at the North American home-power limit. Everyone remember, in your next house you should get an L5-20 installed in your game/bit-mining room or you'll never go full tilt :)

    Could you please point me to the electrical code section or whatever document that specifies this 10A limit?
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  • epeeist01
    It is IEC 60320. There are some cable providers who will use a UL exception to IEC to get to 15A, though most power supply vendors won't do that. But that is inlet power. At 80% efficiency, even with that exception, you get 1200W out. If you use the exception and you get to 90% you could see 1350W. I wish I had kept the melted IEC cable from a previous server company when someone used an "exception" supply with a normal PC IEC cable. The cable was coiled, it melted through its own cover, shorted to itself. It burned off and, when it cooled, the wall plug-to-melt portion made a nice lasso with the loop. There was no fault in the supply. Just trying to draw 15A through a 10A cord.
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