From Andy Horrell Sent Mon, May 17th 1999, 19:04
From Andy Horrell Sent Mon, May 17th 1999, 19:04
>hi all. i asked the folks at doepfer about building my own case, and blah
>blah, and this bit of info was included in the reply:
>
>"I have to point out that you have to be familiar with electroncis as the
>power supplies have to be connected to mains voltage (230V or 115V AC !!!).
>It is extremely dangerous to perform this if you are not familiar with such
>things.
>I have to point out that you have to be familiar with electroncis as the
>power supplies have to be connected to mains voltage (230V or 115V AC !!!).
>It is extremely dangerous to perform this if you are not familiar with such
>things."
>
>sorry to be retarded, but what exactly does he mean?
>i have connected many power supplies to a 115V current by doing the
>following:
>plug one end of cable into machine-plug other end into wall. :)
>
>but that's it as far as my CURRENT (ha- get it- current!) experience with
>this sort of thing goes...
>
>perhaps i should just get a premade doepfer case/power combo?
>
>thanks-
Even if you buy a pre-built power supply, you will still have to fix it
to the case, and wire the mains side to a switch, fuse, filter and socket -
this is all at the 115V side, and if you get anything wrong or leave
anything exposed that shouldn't be - you'll get the biggest kick from a
modular your likely to experience.
The usual rule I apply when asked for advice on such things is, if you
need to ask how to wire a power supply - then you shouldn't be doing it.
Perhaps you just asked the wrong question.
Andy Horrell