We decided to disassemble this power supply to see how it looks like inside, what is the design used and what components are used. Please read our Anatomy of Switching Power Supplies tutorial to understand how a power supply works inside and to compare this power supply to others.

In this page we will have an overall look, while on the next page we will discuss in details the quality and rating of the components used.

On Figures 3 and 4 you can have an overall look from inside GlacialPower GP-PS550BP. The transformer on the upper right corner on Figure 3 and on the left side on Figure 4 is the passive PFC transformer. As you can imagine, passive PFC solutions add more weight to the power supply.

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Figure 3: Inside GlacialPower GP-PS550BP.

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Figure 4: Inside GlacialPower GP-PS550BP.

Now let’s have a more detailed discussion on the components used on GlacialPower GP-PS550BP.