Power Supply Triage

Power supply sorting is done in System Evaluation.

Sort

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 do this.

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

Receiving

• Count how many power supplies you have that are heading to the Thrift Store.
• As a receiver, clone that many ATX power supplies
• Write out labels and affix to the good power supplies

Where to put them

• Power supplies in your Recycle pile go straight to Recycling after they are signed off by the Eval instructor. There is no need to receive or label them.

Thrift Store

Give them to whoever is on duty behind the counter at the Thrift Store.

Wholesale Shelf

The wholesale shelf is in the warehouse immediately on the right as you enter from the testing and evaluation areas. (The first two shelf bays.)

Recycle

Take these to the recycling area in the warehouse and ask the recyclers where they want them.