Hello Tony, > The power bricks draw very little current with no load on the output and 2.5A > would be fine to power one up.
Are you saying that I can test them with no load? I thought they would need some load? > > Most, if not all, of the power bricks start by rectifying and smoothing the > AC > input. As a result they will run off a DC input too. > You can test them using a bench supply, normally do. > > One final thing. Do not, (as I did when younger and even more foolish) > disable the over-current trip in a power brick. If the crowbar operates, you > will end up with transistors blown off the PCB. > > > -tony