jabberwockie Wrote: > Didnt Fuse it it..Its plugged into to some pretty high end Power > Protection and it has a simple surge varistor. I suppose if something > happens in between the Power-one circuitry and the SB..it could be > nasty but I just didnt see the need. Maybe I'm wrong. > Patrick I'm not an electrical tech so ideally one would chime in, but there is a fuse recommendation on the back of the PS (.5a IIRC). I just used an inline fuse holder from RS, with a slo-blo fuse to avoid annoyance tripping. It did cost more than the salvaged Power One though :-). Cheap peace of mind, because otherwise I would be wondering if surge protection would keep mains wires from melting (?).
Since we're talking safety, I also wonder if the best place to ground the mains is on the PS frame. I thought the idea was to provide the shortest path from the outer enclosure to ground, in case someone happens to be holding it when it shorts. I'm very open to a lesson on these things, because I've only gathered bits from googling 'diy power supply' and reading the Power One datasheet. One of the silly things I read was that fire insurance policies can be voided by the use of non-UL techniques/approval. I can't vouch for the truthfullness of that, just something in the back of my head. -- Skunk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18491 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
