Power Control Module current capacity

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dedvalson
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Power Control Module current capacity

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I could swear I asked this before and you answered, but I can't find it anywhere.

What is the output current capacity per channel and total for the Power Control Module.

Thanks,

Don
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lnevo
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500mA per channel, I believe 1A for the whole box.
dedvalson
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Is the total capacity limited only by the wall wart? Could I push the total capacity to 2A with a bigger power supply?
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Is it for a few seconds or continuous?
Roberto.
dedvalson
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The peak capacity would be for when my dosing pumps are running. Although only one at a time should run. Do you happen to know the current consumption of the dosing pumps (I bought them from you, one of the older doubles and one of the current singles). The other channels will be running fans.

I could have up to 4 fans running at 250 mA each plus one dosing pump, so I was concerned about exceeding the 1A when 4 fans plus one dosing pump were running. The dosing pump will never run longer than 1 minute.

I guess I could put something in the software to turn the fans off when the dosing pumps run.
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