Meanwell OEMs for Astrodyne?

[Spehro Pefhany]

Does Meanwell actually make some 600W power supplies for Astrodyne, or
is the uncanny resemblance in appearance and specifications (at leaset
on data sheets) due to other considerations?

Eg. PSP600-27

 

[Joerg]

Does Meanwell actually make some 600W power supplies for Astrodyne, or
is the uncanny resemblance in appearance and specifications (at leaset
on data sheets) due to other considerations?

Eg. PSP600-27

I am in the market for a 15W supply (for a client) and during my
research I found a surprising similarity between models of different
manufacturers in different countries. All the way down to the layout and
capacitor brands. Of course, that raises the suspicion that ...

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

It might have gotten to the point where these companies have RIFd
their engineers and gone to Chinese ODMs.

Their Asian (China and Taiwan) ISO certificates refer to design and
sales only. Maybe they never did any manufacturing.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Carl Ijames]

So far as I've been told Meanwell oems all the Astrodyne supplies. You can
buy the Astrodyne brand from Jameco and others, or the same things with
Meanwell labels from mouser (or digikey?).

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

So far as I've been told Meanwell oems all the Astrodyne supplies. You can
buy the Astrodyne brand from Jameco and others, or the same things with
Meanwell labels from mouser (or digikey?).

I've confirmed that they come out of Meanwell. Kind of a hefty price
difference. 8-( Maybe there is some advantage for some types like the
medical supplies.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Joerg]

I've confirmed that they come out of Meanwell. Kind of a hefty price
difference. 8-( Maybe there is some advantage for some types like the
medical supplies.

Meanwell produces UL/cUL 60601-1 (meadical) versions:

http://powergatellc.com/pdfs/NFM-15.pdf