# Decent, inexpensive bench power supply? **URL:** \ **Category:** DIY STUFF\ **Created:** [February 10, 2020, 8:28am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/decent-inexpensive-bench-power-supply/236 "2020-02-10T08:28:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 32
**Author:** ![analogoutput](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/analogoutput/32/29663_2.png) [@analogoutput](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/analogoutput)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/decent-inexpensive-bench-power-supply/236/32 "2022-09-30T22:38:51Z")
“Super cheap” is more a warning sign than a virtue especially when it comes to power supplies. Trying to cheap out on power is almost always a mistake. @ehisforadam reported three Nozoïd supply modules blowing up before he gave up on them, link above and this: > [@A litany of dumbassery](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/703): > > I’ve now managed to blow up two of these. Starting to see maybe why that power supply isn’t so great. First was totally my stupidity. The second was because I unplugged it and plugged it back in while it was switched on. Both times it was the -12V one. Guessing it doesn’t really like being hooked up that way. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/8/6/86a980578b9f439854518870d679c5b91df3fcf0.jpeg) ![f3da00e18ba541dca3daa0b712b9f62c55428ebb](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/e/3/e36347a766550184807e6e2cb82266cae67562a2.jpeg) Apparently no synth modules (or users) damaged in these disasters, fortunately, but I still would not let one of these things anywhere near my synth. --- _[View the full topic](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/decent-inexpensive-bench-power-supply/236)._