[TriLUG] OT: clean power

Greg Brown gwbrown1 at gmail.com
Fri Jun 13 17:03:46 EDT 2008


Oh, yeah, good point.  I had the Roku plugged into an Isobar so I think I
was ok from surges.  Maybe the board as cold-soldered... I don't know.  I'm
just so bummed about the unit's demise that I want to take extra precautions
going forward.

On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Jim Ray <jim at neuse.net> wrote:

> Unless you're dealing with analog electronics, you don't have to worry
> so much about clean power as you do Amps and Volts. Once the power hits
> the voltage rectifier and capacitors, a little ripple won't switch a
> transistor on you.
>
> I can't attest for quality yet know Radio Shaft generally has universal
> power supply thingies with lots of tips.
>
> Now, if *surge* comes into play, you might want to look at a surge
> protector or UPS. Mother nature has chunked a lightning bolt at some of
> my electronics on occasion and fried things even with protection.
>
> Mother nature doesn't play by the rules and will hop a trace on a
> printed circuit board in a bloody minute.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf Of Greg Brown
> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 2:08 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> Subject: [TriLUG] OT: clean power
>
> I'm starting to wonder the "wall wart" style el-cheapo power adapter
> that shipped with my Netflix Roku player was the cause of said unit's
> demise.
> The topic of clean power via wall warts has come up in the past but I
> can't locate the brand of adapter that was recommended by TriLUGers,
> hobbiests and EE's alike.  Can anyone enlighten me what the brand name
> of the high-quality adapters were and were I could purchase one?
>
> Thx.
>
> Greg
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