MOTM

From: Paul Schreiber <synth1@...>


>I am thinking about enclosing the power supply, and moving the AC inlet to
>the rear. The
>connector board may also 'grow' from 12 to 16 connectors. Thoughts?



hello all,

moving the ac line to the rear of the power unit might cause a problem for
those of us who mount our power unit on the rear anyway
an enclosure would be a welcome addition i suppose for us Euro types
on a small SKB based modular a front mounted supply / rear facing cord is
the only sensible option - apart from...   ...external PSU with +/-15v cord
to a 1u panel with the distro board mounted behind it

while we're on the subject of PSUs - does this mean the stock of old
supplies is running out..? cos i'm about three modules away from the end of
my first cabinet - and new cabinet means new supply (reply to this bit
privately paul, as might might conjoure up a bit of an order on the side...)

cheers
paul b

It works for me!

Eric

--- Paul Schreiber <synth1@...> wrote:
> I am thinking about enclosing the power supply, and moving the AC inlet to
> the rear. The
> connector board may also 'grow' from 12 to 16 connectors. Thoughts?
> 
> Paul S.
> 
> 
> 

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Since the MOTM modules consume so little current, and you can easily get
more than 12 hanging off a 900, I think the idea of expanding that board is
a good one.

I also feel that, for us cabinet (non-rack-mount) folks,  a PS with the
power cord in the back is preferable. Personally, my ideal would be a 1u
panel up front with the power switch, maybe an "on" lamp, and perhaps even a
multiple could be stuck on there just to make use of the space.

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Paul Schreiber [mailto:synth1@...] 
Sent:	Wednesday, 12 April, 2000 1:08 AM
To:	motm@egroups.com
Subject:	[motm] Rear-facing cord? 

I am thinking about enclosing the power supply, and moving the AC inlet to
the rear. The
connector board may also 'grow' from 12 to 16 connectors. Thoughts?

Paul S.



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(Without yet reading the other replies...)  YES!  Well, maybe not enclosing
the power supply necessarily, but I think more connecters and a rear-facing
power cord are very good ideas.  How feasable would it be to make it 2U
then?

--PBr

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Paul Schreiber [SMTP:synth1@...]
> Sent:	Tuesday, April 11, 2000 10:08 PM
> To:	motm@egroups.com
> Subject:	[motm] Rear-facing cord? 
> 
> I am thinking about enclosing the power supply, and moving the AC inlet to
> the rear. The
> connector board may also 'grow' from 12 to 16 connectors. Thoughts?
>

> From: CHRIS PARKER <cparker@...>
> As to moving the power cord to the rear, I already
> mount my PSs on the backs of my cabinets, so
> changing the cord location now would kind of mess
> things up for me.  However, I'll go with whatever
> everyone else wants.  Is there any chance of having
> both versions available?

I have a possible solution for the "which side should the power cord be on"
question.

I am relatively certain that the standard IEC recessed AC connectors are
available as both "female" and "male".  if you designed the panel with the
knockout for them, one could use either.  The guys wanting forward power
cables (mounting in the front of the rack) would request the male connector
so their power cable would plug is as it does today.  Same for the guys
mounting theirs in the backs of cases.  

However, if someone wanted his power cable rear facing, the cable would be
wired in directly, and the "female" version of the IEC connector inserted
as a "Switched AC extension."

Just a method where one size fits all just by changing connectors.

Larry H