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Subject: To wire or to not wire power supply sensing terminals???

From: "JohnLeightonRice" <Drummer@...>
Date: 2008-10-01

In a DIY power supply thread on MUFF's forum here
http://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?
t=1200&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30 (look for matthias' first
post about half way down) it was suggested that power supplies like
the PowerOne models that have remote sensing terminals should have
those sensing terminals wired up to the appropriate output terminals
to make sure the output voltage is always the same when the load
changes (adding or subtracting modules from the system would cause
this I guess?) That way you don't need to readjust the ps trimmers
after each change?

I'm looking for second opinoins before I go ahead and do this.
Someone said that MOTM power supplies don't have the sensing
terminals connected and I also noticed on Richard Brewster's site
here http://pugix.com/synth/portable-rack-cabinets/ that his DIY
power supply doesn't have the sensing terminals connected either.

If you look at the power supply pictures on the Synthesizers.com site
it looks like they wire up the sensing terminals.

So, is one way better than the other? Are both equally 'good'?
Thoughts and recommendations appreciated! ;-)

John L Rice