Single line to power many many devices

mr_wrxman · 21st October 2006, 3:56 PM

Hi all,

I was just wondering, is it possible to have a single line from the PSU to power all your devices? I mean current would be high, but would replacing the wiring from the CPU with a higher grade (one that carries more current) would this work?

I was just thinking of having 1 cable powering all devices (perhaps 6 or so molex's) to keep the computer tidy.

Also, say i were to power 10 hard drives, what sort of gauge(i believe is the term) wire would be required. I take it 1 drive chews up about 1 amp? so something that can handle about 15A?

Thanks

nux · 21st October 2006, 5:07 PM

I think the wire gauge normally used is capable of up to 10A. Yes it would be possible to do that.

Goth · 22nd October 2006, 12:55 PM

I have 2 hard drives, video card, optical drive and a board full of custom electronics, and everything is ultimately run back to 1 set of wires.

21st October 2006, 3:56 PM	#1
mr_wrxman Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sydney 2176 Posts: 2,171	Single line to power many many devices Hi all, I was just wondering, is it possible to have a single line from the PSU to power all your devices? I mean current would be high, but would replacing the wiring from the CPU with a higher grade (one that carries more current) would this work? I was just thinking of having 1 cable powering all devices (perhaps 6 or so molex's) to keep the computer tidy. Also, say i were to power 10 hard drives, what sort of gauge(i believe is the term) wire would be required. I take it 1 drive chews up about 1 amp? so something that can handle about 15A? Thanks __________________ Core i7 930 \| Asus P6T \| 3x2GB Patroit G Series DDR3 1600 \| 2GB ATi 6970 \| 3x320GB RAID0 \| Antec TP 750W \| Antec P160W Over 180 Sales/Trades/Buys totalling over $22,000 ntrancedphotography.com.au

22nd October 2006, 12:55 PM	#3
Goth Grumpy Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: /dev/null Posts: 9,303	I have 2 hard drives, video card, optical drive and a board full of custom electronics, and everything is ultimately run back to 1 set of wires. __________________ "How is anyone supposed to know that this isn't just a bunch of crap?" - Richard Feynman.

21st October 2006, 5:07 PM	#2
nux Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 16,790	I think the wire gauge normally used is capable of up to 10A. Yes it would be possible to do that.