18 Jan
2009
18 Jan
'09
3:34 p.m.
On 18 Jan 2009 at 21:22, Tony Duell wrote:
A lot of wall-warts over here are held together with
screws, often with
'security' heads (why???). At least they can be opened and repaired,
although whether it's worth doing is debatable.
Screws, wow. I remember seeing the transition between wart-with-6-
foot-ine-cord-and-screws to screwless-no-cord in Racal-Vadic modems
during the 70's. I still have the screwed-together PSUs; all of the
screwless ones failed and were discarded. (Old modem PSUs are
particularly useful because they supply +/-12 and +5 regulated).
The ones in the USA are supposed to be at least thermally fused--but
most are made in China, so who knows what's really inside. Now SMPSU
wall-warts with fused-together cases are becoming more commonplace.
Shame that--they could be profitably repaired.
Anyway, sorry for the topic drift. Good to see that someone else
hates the bloody things.
Cheers,
Chuck