Doepfer

Already done the solar array and now I use my synths for free whenever the sun is out - more often than you might think in the uk in winter!

Jonathan Shapero
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> On 24 Feb 2016, at 17:49, christian ienni ienni23@yahoo.com [Doepfer_a100] <Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> for my very small part the biggest upgrade i'm making as part of my Massive Home Studio Remodel this year (turning the big main living room into a dedicated synth studio with my 30 years of gear all set up) is FINALLY getting a solar photovoltaic array installed on the roof to help power it!  :-)
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> From: "Florian Anwander fanwander@mnet-online.de [Doepfer_a100]" <Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com>
> To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 5:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [Doepfer_a100] Is the PSU3 a lot greener than PSU2?
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> Hello
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> Am 24.02.2016 um 11:37 schrieb yahoo ctujoao@yahoo.co.uk [Doepfer_a100]:
> > I am probably not the only one who worries about the carbon footprint of their modular activity in general.
> If you think in ecologic terms, then the worst part of the A-100 is the 
> aluminum case. Followed by the all over energy waste coming with the 
> production (especially the mining) of copper, required for all 
> components and the pcbs.
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> I once wrote several articles about various topics on "cables" in the 
> studio. Within that research I had an interview with a reseacher of the 
> renowned eco institute in Freiburg/Germany, about the ecologic footprint 
> of cables. He gave a simple example that they had investigated some 
> years before:
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> It takes more energy to produce a power cable for an average home 
> device, than this cable will transport in its whole livecycle (the 
> example was a TV set, that was used one hour a day for 20 years). It is 
> the same with cars: it costs more energy to produce a car, than you will 
> ever put into driving it.
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> So the most ecological behaviour is: repair your car, so you can drive 
> it as long as possible; and: take care of your modular synth and use it 
> as long as possible. :-)
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> Florian
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