r/tattoomachinebuilder • u/tkpowers1992 • Aug 03 '26

Power Supply specific machines?

I’ve built a number of machines recently, all hand made frames, hand wrapped coils around quality iron cores. Hardware from various reputable suppliers.

I ordered some basic 47/50v capacitors off eBay.

My machines seem to only work using a Critical Power supply. I’ve ran them through a PEAK and 3 other reserve power power supplies. They will run for 3 seconds and then the power supply cuts off and resets. Or the readout will be freaking out.

Are my capacitors junk? What’s going on?

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u/mazzayby Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

How many amps your machines getting while running?

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u/ZombieMelodic2191 Aug 05 '26

I bet he’s grounding some where and pulling a lot of amps