[Shop-talk] 12 volt benchtop power supply?

[Jim Franklin]

On Jan 12, 2010, at 10:58 PM, old dirtbeard wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am sure I must be missing something here, but would not a 12 volt  
> car battery connected to a cheap 12 volt battery charger connected  
> to the rig work?

The part you're missing is where I said I didn't want to do that :-)

But after all the replies, that's going to be the cheapest and easiest  
solution, by much farther than I anticipated. I'm not the neatest or  
the most patient  when it comes to wires on the bench so I wanted a  
solution I could "put away", but at the cost of a specialized device I  
could hire a neighborhood kid to stow it for me.

Also, a resolution for this year is that amassing the tools/setup to  
do a project should not take more time than the project itself.

Thanks everyone!

jim