MOTM

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