Re: Remote Power Supply Connection

Iain wrote:

> A lurker on this thread wrote to tell me that he has seen 
> a
> German built KT88 amp with a separate PSU and a DC
> umbilical.  Both units have the DKE and  CE mark.
> He has promised to try to find a link to the manufacturer
> for me.

Presumably this lot consider themselves kosher.

http://www.borderpatrol.net/

They don't show cages, either, which seems risky to me.

Have you seen how their PSUs connect to the amps? I'd be 
interested to know which bits are CE marked.

Who has the right, I wonder, to have sight of the 
manufacturer's statement of conformity? Can anyone challenge 
the safety of equipment?  Conformity appears to be self 
regulated, which to me means safety-in-numbers political 
back-scratching.

For a small newcomer to the market, I maintain it would be 
foolhardy to devise a novel solution. But if you are 
empowered to CE mark your produce, and can copy the 
im****tant principles of an established current design, and 
confidently produce a statement of conformity that shows you 
have considered the issues properly and dealt with them 
wisely, you may have an outside chance in court if someone 
gets electrocuted.

My biggest concern with my own amps is the relative 
mechanical fragility of the cable and connector assembly. 
The amps and power supply are heavy enough so if one amp 
fell of a shelf with a foot or so of slack in the cable, it 
could rip a cable partly or completely out of its connector. 
If the power supply were to fall, it would be Total 
Carnage...I think the amps would get slapped against the 
wall and the PS would go through the floor. I solved this 
problem by putting it on the floor, but someone else might 
not.

We should encourage a fa****on, amongst rich audiophiles, for 
very large integrated amplifiers, allowing PSUs to be 
distant, but in the same case. They could have wheels and 
pull-out handles, like posh suitcases. What are they made 
of? If they make them in ally I might have just had a good 
idea.

Ian