That was not to be taken seriously :) But there were some units with output rectifiers rated for 1500A short term, so they probably could be adapted even for that. On 29 May 2014 20:01, Robert Dvoracek wrote: > A good SMPS will have short circuit protection, making it useless for spo= t welding. They are not designed to have their leads shorted and if the pr= otection doesn't kick in, something is going to blow because they are CV no= t CC. A rewound microwave transformer or two would be the thing to use for= spot welding. > >> Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 10:26:30 +0300 >> Subject: Re: [EE] please help to identify connector! >> From: kpl.listes@gmail.com >> To: piclist@mit.edu >> >> Thanks everybody, Stephen must be spot on. >> These mate well with ordinary plugs that do not have wide housing, I >> tried with those cables that I had. In worst case I can order new >> plugs as I know the name now. >> >> PSU pinouts will be completely different from ATX, most of those PSU's >> will be unusable without control from server side, but hopefully some >> of them will. Many of them are hundred times more powerful than I have >> ever needed, but who knows. Spot welding may be? :) >> >> >> On 29 May 2014 01:42, Marcel Duchamp wrot= e: >> > I believe Stephen's comment is correct - it looks like a BMI connector= .. >> > One thing to note: others suggested various ways of making a mating >> > connector but the BMI conns are polarized so that may not be easy. >> > >> > >> > On 5/28/2014 3:26 PM, stephen.forrest@agilent.com wrote: >> >> Hello KPI - >> >> >> >> I lurk on the piclist and prefer not to post publicly but I think the= answer to your question is Molex Mini-Fit BMI. The BMI part is the key - B= lind Mating Interface. >> >> >> >> http://www.molex.com/molex/products/family?channel=3Dproducts&chanNam= e=3Dfamily&key=3Dminifit_bmi >> >> >> >> hth >> >> Stephen Forrest >> >> Long time piclist lurker ;o) >> > >> > -- >> > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> > View/change your membership options at >> > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> >> >> >> -- >> KPL >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 KPL --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .