That old PC power supply trick

[MK999]

Does anyone know where i can find a detailed guide to turn a PC power supply into something i can use to run in motors and charge cells? I know of the post on racechat but it's rather old and also doesn't seem to match up to my PSU too well. Have an old PC PSU lying around and was hoping to save some cash on a power supply

[spuddy]

racechat one worked for me.

[MK999]

Main problem I have atm is lack of a thin orange wire as mentioned in the racechat guide.

[MK999]

I wired it up as per the racechat guide, turn it on all works ok, plug it onto my charger to see how it goes, and poof, dies Can't seem to get it back on again so i'm guessing I blew the fuse, how'd i manage that?

edit: isn't the fuse, PSU just shuts down, to protect itself I guess and has a couple minutes 'cooldown'

[MK999]

Got it all sorted finally still no sign of an orange wire though, maybe it's inside the case somewhere though