14 Jan
2006
14 Jan
'06
2:25 p.m.
If you really don't want mains power at the
front panel at all, then a
relay
is paobably the best solution - lots of room to mount it (and the xfmr to
power it), and you don't have to modify the front panel.
Surely a transformer would need to be powered all the time?
Why not use a nicad to pull the relay in, and charge it up when the unit
is on? If the nicad was flat, you could just have an ordinary pushbutton
to bypass the relay to get you going.
Having had experience of NiCd powered power switches in machines like the
Torch XX and the Whitechapel MG1, I would not recomend this. NiCds always
seem to be discheargeed when you need them.
-tony