Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I've been playing my DTXpress (original model) with my country band 
for 18 months now, both at practice and at gigs.  It has been a big 
success.  But the thought has suddenly occurred to me: What if the 
12 volt DC power adaptor should fail?  Then we would have no drums! 
Has anyone been caught out like that?  I am thinking I should buy a 
spare power adaptor, just in case the first one should fail.

Nick,

I had the same thought - and discovered that the power supply in my 
10 yr old daughter's Yamaha keyboard is the same as the Dtxpress - 
you can get them from Argos I think much more cheaply than from 
Yamaha.

Reassuringly I've never had a failure in 4 years - and the Dtxpress 
Mk1 itself has never been any bother either.  However the power 
supply to my daughter's keyboard did fail and we replaced it with 
one from Argos.  So it's a wise precaution.

regards,
William


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Nick Carroll" <njcarroll56@y...> 
wrote:
> I've been playing my DTXpress (original model) with my country 
band 
> for 18 months now, both at practice and at gigs.  It has been a 
big 
> success.  But the thought has suddenly occurred to me: What if the 
> 12 volt DC power adaptor should fail?  Then we would have no 
drums! 
> Has anyone been caught out like that?  I am thinking I should buy 
a 
> spare power adaptor, just in case the first one should fail.

sorry Nick - just noticed you're in Australia !

I guess you will have the equivalent of our (UK) Argos superstores
:-)

regards,
William


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "William Sutherland" <ws@l...> 
wrote:
> Nick,
> 
> I had the same thought - and discovered that the power supply in 
my 
> 10 yr old daughter's Yamaha keyboard is the same as the Dtxpress - 
> you can get them from Argos I think much more cheaply than from 
> Yamaha.
> 
> Reassuringly I've never had a failure in 4 years - and the 
Dtxpress 
> Mk1 itself has never been any bother either.  However the power 
> supply to my daughter's keyboard did fail and we replaced it with 
> one from Argos.  So it's a wise precaution.
> 
> regards,
> William
> 
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Nick Carroll" <njcarroll56@y...> 
> wrote:
> > I've been playing my DTXpress (original model) with my country 
> band 
> > for 18 months now, both at practice and at gigs.  It has been a 
> big 
> > success.  But the thought has suddenly occurred to me: What if 
the 
> > 12 volt DC power adaptor should fail?  Then we would have no 
> drums! 
> > Has anyone been caught out like that?  I am thinking I should 
buy 
> a 
> > spare power adaptor, just in case the first one should fail.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Nick Carroll" <njcarroll56@y...> 
wrote:
> I've been playing my DTXpress (original model) with my country band 
> for 18 months now, both at practice and at gigs.  It has been a big 
> success.  But the thought has suddenly occurred to me: What if the 
> 12 volt DC power adaptor should fail?  Then we would have no drums! 
> Has anyone been caught out like that?  I am thinking I should buy a 
> spare power adaptor, just in case the first one should fail.

Hi Nick
Yamaha does recommend that you use the proper Yammaha adapter but the 
one you need is a very popular one. As long as the output of the 
adapter is the same as the origional one it will work fine.(I think 
it's 12 volts DC / 1.5 amps)
G

Yes, I'll certainly look at getting the certified Yamaha brand, or 
something as reliable.  I've had no problem with the power adapter 
thus far, but my adapters for other devices such as CD player, MD 
player, etc., have all started to give up the ghost.  So it does seem 
to be the most vulnerable part of the kit.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "G" <kickflippin@h...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Nick Carroll" <njcarroll56@y...> 
> wrote:
> > I've been playing my DTXpress (original model) with my country 
band 
> > for 18 months now, both at practice and at gigs.  It has been a 
big 
> > success.  But the thought has suddenly occurred to me: What if 
the 
> > 12 volt DC power adaptor should fail?  Then we would have no 
drums! 
> > Has anyone been caught out like that?  I am thinking I should buy 
a 
> > spare power adaptor, just in case the first one should fail.
> 
> Hi Nick
> Yamaha does recommend that you use the proper Yammaha adapter but 
the 

> one you need is a very popular one. As long as the output of the 
> adapter is the same as the origional one it will work fine.(I think 
> it's 12 volts DC / 1.5 amps)
> G

A no-brainer, yes.  Because if the adapter fails, the brain won't 
work!  :)

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Ken" <boomer17@a...> wrote:
> Well then, go buy one. They are certainly cheap enough. Good 
insurance I would say. To me, it's a no brainer.
> 
> Ken
> 
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Nick Carroll 
>   To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 8:12 AM
>   Subject: [DTXpress] Power adaptor
> 
> 
>   I've been playing my DTXpress (original model) with my country 
band 
>   for 18 months now, both at practice and at gigs.  It has been a 
big 
>   success.  But the thought has suddenly occurred to me: What if 
the 
>   12 volt DC power adaptor should fail?  Then we would have no 
drums! 
>   Has anyone been caught out like that?  I am thinking I should buy 
a 
>   spare power adaptor, just in case the first one should fail.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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The transformer in the power adapter will always draw a small amount 
of current, even when the module is off. If you unplug the adapter 
when it's not in use it will last a lot longer and your electricity 
bill will be smaller. (It's actually a really small amount of watts 
but if you have alot of power adapters in your house that are not in 
use every day it makes a difference at the end of the year)

G