Elektron Musical Instruments

A couple of other things to consider. A UPS
(uninteruptible power supply) would also help. It will
first give you a bit of battery backup in case of
power failure, also it will regulate the power coming
out of the unit so that your wallwart power supply
gets a nice constant input voltage. Also, with the
wall wart, it is a good idea to unplug it when you
aren't going to be using it for a while. Oh, the ups
will do a great job of stopping power surges and the
like, plus you can run a good amount of gear off of
run ups.
just my two cents

-roy

--- technoweeniepas <heitert@...> wrote:
> The power supplys are external and the sid station
> does use a rather 
> high amount of amps condidering.  It is hard to find
> external 
> wallwart style power supplys that give a nice clean
> power source so I 
> can see the radio shack one referenced in the other
> reply causing 
> issues.  As for the needing to be replaced every few
> years that is 
> debatable.  The trick is thus...a standard power
> supply such as those 
> in a computer or most synths have a power switch
> that cuts the power 
> pre transformer and power supply...a piece of
> electronics that uses a 
> wallwart style of power supply can only shut off the
> power post 
> transformer and power supply...this in effect means
> that the power 
> supply is always on even though the synth is turned
> off.  The longer 
> a piece of electronics is on the greater the chance
> it will 
> fail...thats just life...so yeah they burn out
> faster than an 
> internal style but a good quality one should last
> quite some time.
> 
> -Pas
> 
> --- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, slv01@m...
> wrote:
> > HI all.
> > There is a sidstation up for auction on ebay that
> I am considering 
> to buy. The seller 
> > says it is in great shape and works perfect. In an
> email he said 
> that he got it off 
> > another guy who said it did not work, but he found
> out that just 
> the power supply 
> > was dead. So he replaced the power supply, and now
> it is fine. He 
> told me that power 
> > supplys on the sidstation needs to be replaced
> every year or so. Is 
> this true and a 
> > common occurance with the sidstations? If so doo
> the guuys at 
> Elektron do the 
> > replacement? or is it a DIY job? Any information
> about this or 
> advise on purchasing 
> > this sidstation would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks.
> > -Jason
> 
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