Leave it to an environmentalist (I'll spare the engineers) to advocate
the spending of thousands of dollars in redesigning something that can
be fixed with a quick trip to a local hardware store for a $25 (or less)
master kill-switch.
Kent, K9ZTV
There is one thing about the way it works that bugs the engineer and
environmentalist in me.
Why is the KPA500 designed this way?
In all good conscience, I can't live with the PA consuming 7W all day,
every day - that's incredibly wasteful. I suppose I could put a
more-easily-reachable external AC power switch on
the side of my shelf unit to cut power to the whole desk, but that'd be
ugly.
I'd prefer that either a) the KPA500's main power switch was on the front
panel, or b) the power supply system was redesigned so it only takes a few
microwatts when power is applied but the ON button is OFF (not pressed, or
pressed an even number of times).
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