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From: "J Acker" <jacker@...>

> In a lot of equipment the power supply is the thing most likely to go, or
put another way, if the power supply goes, you gotta get it repaired. Wall
warts, you have know the rating in milliamps (maybe amps sometimes?) and the
voltage needed, and if the center pin is + or -, and you can get a new one.
That is a big pluss. Talking about gigging, why is it such a hassle with
gigging? I assume you take a power strip with and that has the same plug as
it would have had with internal supply. I don't see why that hurts any?

I would imagine that they take up a lot of space on a power strip. As a
general rule, as soon as you've plugged in a wall-wart power supply, the two
connectors next to it are rendered useless. (It could be different if you
have these huge UK power connectors, but for Euro-connectors it's definitely
the case.)

Another problem I foresee is that, when you pack up your stuff to go
gigging, you don't know which wall-wart power supply goes with what piece of
equipment. Plus when you lose the power supply and you don't have its
specifications at hand, the equipment is rendered useless.

Most gear just takes an IEC connector. Cables for that can be found
everywhere.

- Peter