Doepfer

As far as I can see that's carrying 12V from the external 'brick' of a Doepfer DIY kit, not a 240v 'PSU 2'. Not my case, but I have a DIY kit and was considering doing something similar (not XLR though) to allow for disconnection of the power brick.

Rich

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, Florian Anwander <fanwander@...> wrote:
>
> Hello!
> 
> I am risking to be called a nitpicker now:
> 
> There is a DIY-rack in the photosection uploaded by acakveld. This case 
> is constructed in a extremely dangerous way. The XLR-Socket on the right 
> side in these pictures....:
> 
> http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/3183706/sn/483129258/name/first+light.jpg
> http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/3183706/sn/444387654/name/first+noise.jpg
> 
> ... is used as 230V input. This is something that NEVER NEVER NEVER 
> should be done.
> 1.) The solder connections on the XLR socket are not isolated, e.g. with 
> heat shrink tube. If you mount a module, in the rack you are not secured 
> against high voltage.
> 2.) XLR-Sockets are not intended for AC voltages in this range (e.g. 
> Neutrik tells the rated voltage of 50 V AC !!!).
> 3.) Imagine an cable with XLR female connector laying around in your 
> studio, and you do not see the other end. You connect it with a 
> microphone or any other audiooutput and BANGGGG.... damn, that wasn't 
> the microphone cable, but the 230V AC for the modular system (if you 
> still can recognize this - you also might be dead in this moment already!)
> 
> This is nearly the worst kind of doing this. Sorry to say, but I'd like 
> to suggest, that these pictures have to be removed from the photo 
> section. Noone should take these as examples. Dieter?
> 
> Florian
>