Why don't you guys calm down a little!
I was asking if there was a solution available to give a front panel
power switch, with rear connecting AC power. Like what
synthesizers.com sells.
I never said anything about wiring 240V mains AC up to the front panel myself.
Surely this can be achieved without having to run mains AC to the front panel.
Could a front panel switch control an AC relay within the power
supply, using separate DC power only for the front panel switch
circuit or even just shorting a line to ground?
Thanks
Simon,
Canberra
AUSTRALIA
>You're dead-nuts-on though. I've left similar responses to people asking
>how to 'bend' their circuits especially when they ask in the same breath
>if it will 'hurt anything'
>
>I didn't see the original post, but I agree with you 100% Tom.
>
>Tony
> > -----Original Message-----
>> From: mbedtom [mailto:mbedtom@...]
>> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 10:20 PM
>> To: motm@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: [motm] MOTM Front Panel Power Switches
> >
> >
>> This comment will be:
>> 1) not popular, maybe
>> 2) not politically correct, likely
>> 3) truthful all the way
>>
>> Posing the question "... can I remote the power switch..." is, in
>> itself, proof that it should not be done (at least by YOU). Those
>> people, who have the knowledge to make such a change, and do so with
>> complete safety, are scared by the question. One who has the
>> requisite knowledge knows how easy it is to do. But they also
>> understand what safety issues there are and what must be done to
>> ensure continued safety for the life of the product. Every MOTM
>> synth is different from all the others because we each have our own
>> ideas on what it should be and how to make it the "best". Since each
>> MOTM synth is vastly different than all the others, YOUR situation
>> might be different enough that nobody on the planet could foresee a
>> potential safety problem that might exist in only your machine. That
>> is why everyone who is qualified to answer the question with specific
>> how-to information, is very hesitant to do so.
>>
>> Please understand that there is no "secret" information that people
>> are unwilling to share. It is simply that we feel some kinship to
>> everyone on this list and really do not want anyone to get hurt or
>> killed. (That was the tactful answer.)
>>
>> Another fear (okay, the naked truth) comes from living in a
>> lawsuit- happy society where many people do not accept
>> responsibility for
>> their own actions. "He told me this would work and the next thing I
>> know, my brother was dead." Sorry. This is one of those cases where
>> I will not be on the receiving end of a subpoena arising from a
>> wrongful death lawsuit. If you KNOW how to do it, you wouldn't have
>> to ask. If you have to ask how to do it, YOU ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO DO
>> IT. DON'T EVEN TRY IT!!! DON'T RISK MAKING YOURSELF, YOUR SPOUSE,
>> OR YOUR KIDS... DEAD!
>>
>> The opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do
>> not necessarily reflect the opinions of anyone else.
>>
>> (I call 'em like I see 'em.)
> Tom Farrand