SergeModular

The Blacet stuff (in general) has no LEDs (There are exceptions but mostly
there aren't a lot of them on the system). Having LEDs on the system seems
to really pull the juice. That said though, I think that the VCOs pull a lot of
current and they don't have any LEDs on them.

--- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, Peter Grenader <peter@b...> wrote:
> Yup!
>
> It's kinda odd though - my experience, Blacet stuff is real power efficient.
> I was running 9 of them form a single 750 Ma supply for the longest time .
> Your three modules are probably not pulling more than 150 ma's between the
> lot, even when they're doing their thing to the max.
>
> Blake Wilson wrote:
>
> >
> > At 9:30 AM -0800 2/2/05, Peter Grenader wrote:
> >> You're probably not going to find a single supply with both +/- 12 and 15
> >> volt taps - I'v e seen 12 and 24, but not what you're asking about. I
> >> recommend a couple of things:
> >>
> >> 1) Buy a 15 volt supply and run you're system with two. nothing wrong with
> >> that. The Blacet supplies are great, but Condors are really really great,
> >> but if you go with Condor, you're going to have to futz with the chassis box
> >> and wiring it up and given you're dealing with both primary and secondary
> >> currents, I wouldn't recommend that unless you're really comfortable with
> >> this sort of thing.
> >>
> >> 2) Buy a 15 volt supply and fit it with a +/-12 volt regulator pair and you
> >> won't need to use the Doepfer supply, although I beg you contact Analog
> >> Haven to find out what will come of your D warranty if you run those off a
> >> non D supply. I know you will void your Analogue System warranty doing
> >> this.
> >
> > thanks, peter. option two is precisely what i'm doing right now: i
> > have an old blacet 15 v supply and i built a little board with a
> > couple 7812 vr's and run those rails to the doepfer/Asys stuff. but
> > the blacet ps is choking and i was hoping to use the serge to power
> > the system, but, of course, the blacet won't work that way. i think i
> > might rewire things to use the big serge to run the doepfer/etc, and
> > allow the blacet to corner their own supply. that would work.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > blake