I’m a fan of the Riden RD60xx series of power supplies. They definitely qualify as Chinesium, but a fairly high grade. They come as a small panel mounting unit that functions as a non-isolated buck converter. Riden also sell cases for them and a few different switchmode power supplies to feed the module with bulk DC.
To build this one I used the RD6006P module, a 60V/6A version that claims to have a linear post-regulator for low noise, paired with a Meanwell NDR-240-48 switchmode power supply. This came from CPC, and all the other parts were sourced from AliExpress.
The official Riden case is designed to fit their largest bulk power supply, the 1440W that ships with the RD6024. The 240W Meanwell PSU is much smaller…
Let’s cut and shut it a little 🙂
What an impressive scar, Dr. Frankenstein would be proud. I tried to limit the heat input as much as possible but the thin steel still warped horribly, so I gave up after a few tack welds.
A bracket was made out of surplus aluminium sheet and angle to hold the PSU in place and handily also straighten out the warped casing a bit.
The Meanwell fits with room to spare, I think I could have cut the case even shorter.
It worked, and I’ll install the fan kit another day 🙂