Buying a WI picoPSU only to use with a good 12V brick?

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siensooslunkeylew
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Buying a WI picoPSU only to use with a good 12V brick?

Post by siensooslunkeylew » Sat Mar 04, 2017 1:42 pm

Hello, longtime lurker and new member.

I have previously run picoPSU 120 WI paired with 19V bricks from Delta and Dell. I was happy but got rid of these 2 years ago due to changing setup (system consolidation needing 300W+ power) but I now need to split back into smaller systems and will go back to picoPSU due to size advantages. I already have good quality 12V bricks from FSP and Meanwell. Are there benefits (safety, reliability, efficiency, etc.) in choosing the WI orange types over the regular yellow ones when using with a good 12V brick? The 80 and 120 WI picos are $50-55 while the 12V ones run around $25-35.

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Re: Buying a WI picoPSU only to use with a good 12V brick?

Post by Vicotnik » Sat Mar 04, 2017 11:38 pm

If you have a good 12V brick then I see no reason to go with a WI version of the picoPSU, unless you have one laying around already.

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