21 May
2001
21 May
'01
12:01 p.m.
Tony Duell skrev:
> > Or cut off the existing plug and fit a nice,
UK mains plug. Which I would
> > do anyway, since like you I regard mains adapter plugs to be the
> > invention of the devil.
>
> Could we agree on a fine DIN plug ? :))
Anybody who uses an (audio-type) DIN plug for a mains
connection is
likely to be a candidate for a Darwin award :-)
How about the Dragon PSU, which uses a D-9? I can imagine the horrified
shreaks of hordes of PC users who unwittingly plug it into their "serial"
ports (real serial ports don't use D-9 plugs, and if they do, the Dragon
treatment is a fitting punishment).
> I can understand your intention quite good ...
still until today I
> never needed a second transformer ... just sometimes an extendsion
> cord with multiple outlets was needed. After all, there's still my
> power supply project waiting to be finished ... a 'cable channel'
> with outlets for all mayor countries for 220V and 110V - inclusive
I've been thinking about making something like
that, mostly to test
devices before I convert them, and for running things that can't easily
be converted, like wall-wart PSUs with odd output characteristics.
I've got a US DECstation 5000/200 which refused to work off the wall outlets
in my old flat, despite markings on the back saying that it ran on both 110V
and 220V, so I just used a cheap transformer from the "international
fleamarket". In my new flat, however, it works just fine without any adaptors.
Could it be the lack of earth in the new outlets?
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En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.