Power Supply Triage

Power supply sorting is done in System Evaluation.

Start

You will need a power supply tester and a sharpie, plus a couple of large boxes to hold finished power supplies.

Create a temporary place for two piles:

• Keep
• Recycle

Follow the triage flow chart below to determine which pile to put the power supply in. You will need to test some power supplies to complete this task.

Chart

Test

• Get the ATX power supply tester from a Build Coordinator (Dave or Martin), or ask any staff member. You can also check and see if the store has one. If you can't find a tester...move on to a different project, one will turn up eventually.
• For each power supply that needs to be tested, do these things:
  1. Plus each power supply into outlet
  2. Connect the tester to the ATX connector
  3. Check lights (solid lights are good)
  4. Put failures in Recycle pile (as directed in the Triage chart)
• When finished, give the power supply tester back to Build Coordinator

What to do when done, where to put them

• Power supplies in your Recycle pile go straight to Recycling after they are signed off by the Eval instructor.

Keepers

Mark them OKFG with a sharpie

Take them to the warehouse and put them in the POWER SUPPLIES TO KEEP location

Recycle

Take them to the warehouse and put them in the POWER SUPPLIES TO RECYCLE location