For a little project i need a device to make 5v from 12 - 14v dc.

i know i could build a regulator and heatsink etc but id rather buy something. Any suggestions. Load is between 0.5 and 1 amp

I'd look towards fleabay... would this suit ?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Electrical-Test-Equipment-/92074/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=5v+12v+converter

For a little project i need a device to make 5v from 12 - 14v dc.

i know i could build a regulator and heatsink etc but id rather buy something. Any suggestions. Load is between 0.5 and 1 amp

buy a phone or a tablet incar charger lead and chop it.

Have used 3rd one down, actually seem quite well built. Its powering a USB powered micro wifi access point off a Scanny 95. Obviously just cut off USB if you don't want it!

If you order one of the many 12-5V SMPS off eBay, buy two different ones at the same time from different places. I've waited 3 weeks only to get 5 supplies all the same, none of which were good enough for the job. Also, when they say "1A", they are being quite lenient with reality.

If you order one of the many 12-5V SMPS off eBay, buy two different ones at the same time from different places. I've waited 3 weeks only to get 5 supplies all the same, none of which were good enough for the job. Also, when they say "1A", they are being quite lenient with reality.

 

links to sh1t ones might help too?

Id rather have a decent one but its not work related so ebay is an option. Id rather have a decent product though. I don't tend to think in getting anything unbrandrd from ebay, that ive got a decent unit

The really bad ones were a black box with two screw lugs, one either side. Wires came from bottom side (i.e. no lugs). Seller long gone. There's probably a million similar ones though, so it is very hard to tell from pics.

Edited May 6, 201312 yr by cybergibbons

I don't tend to think in getting anything unbrandrd from ebay, that ive got a decent unit

 

I bought some relay boards from Bulgaria for some tweaks & lash ups & was very pleased with the items, w/o dredging thought the feedback think this was the seller http://stores.ebay.co.uk/DAEStore seems to all sort of interesting relays...

I bought some relay boards from Bulgaria for some tweaks & lash ups & was very pleased with the items, w/o dredging thought the feedback think this was the seller http://stores.ebay.co.uk/DAEStore seems to all sort of interesting relays...

Good find MrH.

Some useful looking stuff.