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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Let me add one:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>4) What is a switched power supply in relation to others? Thanks again all</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>KRIS</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Ok, please bear with me :-) I've got a Doepfer 6U rack with one Doep</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>power supply in it (650mA) - it isn't powerful enough to supply all the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>modules in the frame (just got an AS RS360 trifilter and after blowing a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>fuse, they tell me it itself sucks 270mA). So I need to add another</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>power supply. En-port has the doepfer ones listed on their site but</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>suggest it'd be cheaper to get one from Radioshack or online etc. So</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>I'm looking at them in the RadShak website and others. I have a couple</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>of questions:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>1) What's the diff between regulated and unregulated? Are the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>doepfer/AS modules indifferent to this or expecting one or the other</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>type?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>2) I see power supplies listed as 12v/xxxAmps, but the modules need</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>+/-12v, and in a few cases +5v as well (I have the little Doep adapter).</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Do supplies normally put out the -12v as well as the +12v? Radioshack</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>doesn't say much about their units. If not (as in, they only do 0-12v)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>what's the best way to get the -12v?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>3) If someone could link me to a suitable supply (1A perhaps) somewhere</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>inexpensive on the web I'd be greatly appreciative! </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks all </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>KRIS </FONT>
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