PSU : prices and differences

[Musht]

“There is nothing in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and he who considers price only is that man's lawful prey." John Ruskin

Dealt with Sure Electronics in distant past, they seemed pretty straight up and good value at the time, Meanwell are one of largest PSU makers in world, quality assurance has some costs.

Dealt with LED lighting for last 15 years, biggest cause of premature failure, bar none, is cheaping out on PSUs, there are some frankly scary power supplies out there, recovered from scrap and put in shiny case, assembled with half the parts missing, just plain assembled wrong and on more than one occasion have seen non passive faliures, ker -ferking-bang.

Genuine Meanwell is worth the extra for the piece of mind.

Cheers
Adam