On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:16:25 -0600, Bob Gustafson <[email protected]> wrote:
>I clicked around on the other power supply messages on the list, but did >not see a specific PN or brand of your "Tank" Power supply with multiple >outlets. Can you put your hand on such a beast or is it just a >reasonable specification waving in the wind? I think he may have been referring to my email in which I stated that as a wish list. I keep sending replies for this list directly to the senders thanks to the reply/reply all configuration. All my other lists use reply to reply to the group. Anyway here is what I originally wrote... >1. Why does it seem so difficult to find good, reliable power sources for >the Soekris? In my experience this isn't just a Soekris issue so it's a little unfair to paint it that way. I've had external power bricks fail on hard drives too with similarly odd symptoms. The problem is there's plenty of cheap imported power supplies with the proper specs available so we all want ours to be inexpensive too. Soekris likely sells what they do because it mostly works and primarily it's cheap, which is important for such a niche product that's already on the expensive side. Personally, I'd be willing to pay more for something built like a tank that I know won't fail. In fact, I'd like to have one (fanless) power block with multiple leads that I could use to power a Soekris plus a half-dozen or so external hard drives. _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
