Re: Remote Power Supply Connection

"Ian Iveson" <IanIveson.home@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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
>
>