Common powersupply for multiple units?

[ketilmorstol]

Hi all.
I've got 3 Tunze 6105's (12 Volt, electronically controlled) in my tank, wich is beeing controlled from my Aquatronica computer.
Everything behaves and works as expected, but It kind of frustrates me that each pumps PSU occupies three outlets on my powerdistro when most likely one PSU would have been sufficient for all three pumps.
Or is it?
Any thougths about using one PSU to feed multiple pumps??

All the best, Ketil.

 

[James77]

Could you power the 3 Tunze PSUs with a splitter? I use a "Y" splitter to power my ballasts. A quick search did not bring up a similar cable for a 3 way, but you could use an extension and a 3-way adapter.

 

[rvitko]

You would need a rather large power supply of 150W plus and such power supplies can be quite expensive, you also would have all your eggs in one basket, if the power supply failed, all 3 pumps would be out.