[Healeys] Is the List down? and question about power supplies for Eastwood plater

[sentenac.rw at gmail.com]

Thank you for all of the responses.  They give me a start on my
search, but it looks as if no one has actually done it with a system I
could copy.   It looks as if I will have to do my own research on what
capacity power supply is needed and where to find or how to build it.
3 volts and quite a few milliamps and robust.  Or maybe tap a couple
of cells of an old car battery.  The price would be right.

-Roland

On Tue, 02 Jun 2015 07:23:15 -0700, you wrote:

>Note a charger has to supply greater than the nominal battery voltage in 
>order to overcome the internal resistance of the battery.  Also, if the 
>plater has less load than the internal resistance of the batteries you 
>could overload the charger.
>
>I think Kees' suggestion of a DC power supply sounds like the best bet.
>
>Bob
>
>On 6/2/2015 6:22 AM, Simon Lachlan wrote:
>> If you had an old battery charger you might be able to solder onto the + & -
>> outputs on one of its D cell slots. Presumably that would give you a
>> constant 1.5 volts?
>> Mind you, you could use rechargeable D cells. However, I'd guess they'd be
>> pretty feeble.
>> Simon
>>
>>
>> Caswell has one.
>> http://www.caswellplating.com/electroplating-anodizing/replenishment-chemica
>> ls.html
>>
>> On 5/29/2015 10:47 PM, sentenac.rw at gmail.com wrote:
>>> Is the List down?  Has it been down for the past two days?  Or have I
>>> been voted off the Healeys List island?
>>>
>>> I have an Eastwood plating kit that uses two D cells to provide the
>>> power.  It works but it wears out batteries pretty fast.  I was
>>> wondering if anyone had come up with a power supply that worked well
>>> as a replacement.
>>>
>>> -Roland