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Blendi Llapashtica ID#386008332

Professor Debabrata Samanta


NSSA 102 Section #500
30 Sep 2022
How does a power supply work step by step?

Like every powered equipment, a computer needs electricity to run, but a computer requires

varied amounts of electricity in various locations, which is what a power supply is for. A power

supply turns alternating current into direct current as its first function. Electron flow is what

creates electricity. While direct current occurs when the flow of electrons remains in one

direction, like a river, alternating current occurs when the electrons flow back and forth like

water sloshing in a bathtub. Alternating current is ideal for the extensive electrical grid of power

lines. The majority of appliances have these large boxes on their power cables that extract

alternating current from your power outlet and convert it into direct current for your appliance to

use. This box also controls how much electricity is fed to the device so that it doesn't become

overloaded. While your computer's power supply does this, it also controls which levels of

current go to which components powering the tin. The power supply pulls all the electricity from

the wall, saves a healthy amount of it, and then distributes the power levels according to the

needs of the components since powering a motor that turns the cooling fans or disk drives

requires a bit more. The three main voltages are, respectively, 3.3, 5 and 12, the last being used

for disk drives and fans, while the first two are mainly for electronics. Power supply units get

very hot, as they do with anything that stores a lot of electricity. They have built-in fans to draw

cool air in and push hot air out from the circuitry because of this. A computer's power supply

should be modified in this manner if the requirements of these devices vary because many power

supplies are made with the intake directed downward. This is one reason it may be advantageous
for you to have your computer slightly raised. On the motherboard of the computer, there are tiny

calculators that can talk to the power supply and allow it to.

This image shows the circuit diagram for a simple d.c. power supply

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