SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY WITH MULTIPLE OUTPUT LEVELS.

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NGUEDIA

Joined Mar 25, 2025
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Hello everyone. I'm trying to build a switching power supply that uses a single transformer (one primary and four secondary) to produce the following output voltages: 5V, 9V, 12V, 24V; a minimum current of 5A and a maximum output current of 20A.
Could you provide me with a document that would be useful for building this power supply?
 

dendad

Joined Feb 20, 2016
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Building a high power switch mode supply is not a trivial matter, and not something I would recommend doing unless you have a very good background in electronics.
And I think it would be better to start with a commercial supply, maybe one for each voltage. Or use a PC power supply and an extra 24V one.
That said, do you need all the voltages to be capable of 20Amps? If so, that is a pretty large supply!
 

dl324

Joined Mar 30, 2015
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I'm trying to build a switching power supply that uses a single transformer (one primary and four secondary) to produce the following output voltages: 5V, 9V, 12V, 24V; a minimum current of 5A and a maximum output current of 20A.
Are you sure you mean a switching power supply?

I've been doing electronics as a hobby for nearly 50 years. Aside from computer supplies, I don't have any that provide more than 6A.
 

MisterBill2

Joined Jan 23, 2018
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You COULD create an inverter type switcher but with only one thing to control (the inverter) only one voltage would be directly regulated. The other voltages can be regulated, I think, with "simple" PWM switching of the rectifying of the inverter AC output. BUT it would be rather complicated. And I would not try it, although in theory it can be done.
 
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