Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

On Jul 11, 2016, at 5:23 PM, Caleb Garner caleb.garner@...  
[CZsynth] wrote:

> you know you'd think that's true, but i've asked (and asked) and no  
> one seems to bat an eye at doing it this way.. you're the first  
> person I've heard

That's strange as this is very important theme and everybody should be  
concerned with it and do it properly :-) In my book on home recording  
there's a whole chapter about this.

>
> I use a power conditioner as the main switch, so that also helps  
> insure regulating power and avoiding spikes..

Yes, that's true for the time when it is on, but I don't think it will  
avoid the initial voltage and current shock in the moment of switching  
on... But this should be answered by some specialist. If there's such  
person in this yahoo group, please explain!

>
> however not to assume too much I found this thread and as you can  
> see yes some opinions are varied but there are guys in here who have  
> done it for many many years and even some pointing out the advantage  
> of not wearing out the on/off switches of aging gear.

The fact that many people do something still doesn't mean and  
guarantee it's OK.

Concerning the wearing switches, that's ridiculous argument. Switches  
are made to do many thousands of cycles, I had never in my life any  
problem with any power switch. Besides leaving it always on can  
without any movement rise the danger of oxidization of contacts, which  
are self cleaning when normally used. Oxidization can cause increased  
resistance and bad contact. Who knows, maybe even a fire :-)

>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/synthesizers/comments/2urysb/central_onoff_switch_for_all_synths_gear_monitors/

Yes, opinions differ. But opinion is opinion only, fact is fact.

It also depends how much gear is used. But lot of guys do it properly,  
also in proper order - audio mixer, amps and speakers switch on the  
last, switch off the first.

>
> but yea what I'm trying to do is figure out how I can remove the  
> need for using D batteries as a backup since I'm not planning on  
> playing this thing portably though I wouldn't mind keeping that  
> ability of course.
>
> For now I did go buy a 12 pack of D batteries just for now.. and I  
> will just turn off the casio for now but even so I really would like  
> to remove this dependency on expensive D batteries.. not to mention  
> the potential risk of acid leaking.. sure a 2032 could as well but  
> far less damaging and will last longer.  Casio's manual says the D  
> batteries are only good for 12 months as backup..

Yes, whole long one year. Is the word "only" applicable here? Do you  
really think it's so big problem to change batteries once in a year,  
and check sometimes if it's OK?
It could be a problem when we have to change them each month...
When using them only for backup, they last, and leaking danger is low  
- as the current consumption is low.

Daniel Forro