Wall worts? I thought they were called wall warts.

Posted by 1973shovel (A) on February 11, 2010 at 07:57:14

In Reply to: Wall worts...make some beer! posted by Muzikmike on February 10, 2010 at 12:23:35:

'Cause they look like warts on your wall.

Although the beer thing makes sense. Jackie Gleason said he drank to remove warts. Not from himself, but from other people.

Now on to power supplies. You could purchase a generic one as Duster has suggested, and hope it's better than what was supplied. Or you could modify it, as he also suggested.

Or, you could start here, as I'm going to do for a +/- 15 VDC supply I'm going to try on my new "The Truth" line stage preamp eventually. You'll have to source all the parts though, and use higher value resistors to get your required 12 VDC. You'll only have to build the top (+) half, since you don't need the negative supply. Likely a quieter supply than the generic one.

The top schematic in the link is the power supply. Click on it for a larger view.

Power supply (Open in New Window)

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Topic - A bit of discussion about power supplies at the Vinyl Asylum instead of wall-warts - Muzikmike 15:22:25 02/09/10 (15)

How about old Lab supplies? - Paul J. 20:21:47 02/11/10 (0)

RE: A bit of discussion about power supplies at the Vinyl Asylum instead of wall-warts - tubesguy 13:52:58 02/10/10 (2)

What are you getting (or have already) - Muzikmike 15:11:23 02/10/10 (1)

Vendetta :-) nt - tubesguy 07:51:31 02/12/10 (0)

What are the power requirements of the two units, Mike? - 1973shovel 05:22:18 02/10/10 (10)

Wall worts...make some beer! - Muzikmike 12:23:35 02/10/10 (9)

Wall worts? I thought they were called wall warts. - 1973shovel 07:57:14 02/11/10 (2)

Wort: A beer brewing pun... - Duster 11:44:02 02/11/10 (1)

Thanks Duster - 1973shovel 14:20:55 02/11/10 (0)

I dare say a Tripp Lite PR DC PSU... - Duster 19:26:34 02/10/10 (5)

So where do I find out how and what to do to "tweak" it? - Muzikmike 12:59:52 02/11/10 (4)

IME... - Duster 11:45:26 02/12/10 (2)

Gold Box PSU - GGA 08:35:46 02/13/10 (1)

KingRex PSU - Duster 14:41:50 02/13/10 (0)

RE: "What about amperage?" - 1973shovel 14:18:37 02/11/10 (0)

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Wall worts? I thought they were called wall warts. - 1973shovel 07:57:14 02/11/10 (2)

Wort: A beer brewing pun... - Duster 11:44:02 02/11/10 (1)

Thanks Duster - 1973shovel 14:20:55 02/11/10 (0)

Wall worts? I thought they were called wall warts.

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