Inline power supply (was: Re: Longer XO transformer power cord in the plans?)
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 12:23:37AM -0400, John Watlington wrote: We are considering changing from a wall wart design to an inline design, for the following reasons: [...] What got of this idea? The XO-1.5s that just arrived included a wall wart again - a bit larger than the XO-1 one, so I had to completely cut off the US - CEE 7/4 plug adapter, making it unsafe to use as it's possible for a child to touch the live contacts when the power supply is plugged in about half-way. :-/ (Yes, I do realise this is probably about the same level of safety most US children are exposed to). CU Sascha -- http://sascha.silbe.org/ http://www.infra-silbe.de/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Inline power supply (was: Re: Longer XO transformer power cord in the plans?)
The inline adapter is still slated for production, but due to supplier issues didn't ship with the ramp units. Instead, the ramp units (and some early production) will ship with a stock white wall-mount unit. Would you rather that I held up your test unit while we waited for the supplier to provide them ? wad On Mar 16, 2010, at 9:49 AM, Sascha Silbe wrote: On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 12:23:37AM -0400, John Watlington wrote: We are considering changing from a wall wart design to an inline design, for the following reasons: [...] What got of this idea? The XO-1.5s that just arrived included a wall wart again - a bit larger than the XO-1 one, so I had to completely cut off the US - CEE 7/4 plug adapter, making it unsafe to use as it's possible for a child to touch the live contacts when the power supply is plugged in about half-way. :-/ (Yes, I do realise this is probably about the same level of safety most US children are exposed to). CU Sascha -- http://sascha.silbe.org/ http://www.infra-silbe.de/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Inline power supply (was: Re: Longer XO transformer power cord in the plans?)
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:13:43PM -0400, John Watlington wrote: The inline adapter is still slated for production, but due to supplier issues didn't ship with the ramp units. Thanks, that's good news! Would you rather that I held up your test unit while we waited for the supplier to provide them ? Seems like my message could be interpreted as some kind of complaint. It wasn't my intention, but re-reading it myself I can see why you took it that way. I apologize for that. I'm aware I got a developer unit (and am quite grateful for that!), not a production one which would most likely be shipped with a plug matching the local sockets. I was mostly worried that others might face the same plug compatibility problems and not be careful enough, especially after having read reports about XO-1 wall warts being repaired in ways that gave me the creeps. CU Sascha -- http://sascha.silbe.org/ http://www.infra-silbe.de/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
