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Hi Mike! 
always a pleasure to hear from you! and...

Sho NUFF! there they are!!!! big and heavy as life, +/-15V,
240ma-per-rail!

Obviously i am misinformed.

i had despaired of ever seeing them again and this was a real drag for
me because those things are the handiest thing EVER for powering my
goofy little electroniums.

In my defense, Newark canceled a 8-month backorder on me and when i
asked for an explanation they referred me to Elpac HQ and a lady there
told me that Elpac had discontinued the series and they were slowly
getting out of the linear supply business altogether. So i'm tickled
to death that the old iron has proven harder to kill than they imagined.

Allied shows 24 in stock today, y'all better get your orders in
because i'm going Xmas shopping pronto !!!!!! 

ho ho ho...this is one part of the economy that won't be slumping this
month!
-doc



--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, "Michael A. Firman" <maf@...> wrote:
>
> Hey Doc (and list),
> 
> How's it going? Note that the Elpac Supplies are still very much
available.
> Go to www.alliedelec.com and search for part number WM071-1950 they
> sell for $37 USD.
> 
> 
> 
> --- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, "drmabuce" <drmabuce@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Muff
> > 
> > --- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, "Muff" <muff@> wrote:
> > > It would be great if Grant or someone could provide some specs on
> > each module estimating the amount of current they use. I know these
> > aren't always absolute numbers though, perhaps that is part of the
> > concern with posting them. 
> > 
> > i have yet to see an analog module that did not draw a fluctuating
> > quantity of current. Admittedly it's a common* practice to publish a
> > current-draw that's an 'average' (sort of like RMS power ratings.)
> > Many makers do this and so did Wiard for a time.  
> > But a few bad experiences brought Grant to see that publishing
> > rule-of-thumb specs in good faith and assuming that everybody with the
> > cash to buy a Wiard would also be savvy enough to realize that 'actual
> > mileage may vary' was not in his best interest. 
> > Like most issues concerning Wiard i find it best to call him on the
> > phone and  work things out in a dialogue. i have an envelator with a
> > non-standard display and when i called Grant about it's special needs
> > , like power-supplies and critical spare parts, he took great pains
> > and spent lots of time making sure that not only my questions were
> > answered but that i grasped the big picture. This equipped me to
> > figure-out a lot of future issues on my own.
> > 
> >  In the early days of the 300 series, Grant neatly circumvented the
> > problem of matching of the module to it's power supply by selling
> > those large , very robust, Elpac pro-quality wall-warts ...one for
> > each module. So there was plenty of current-headroom on tap for
> > everybody in the rack. Sadly Elpac discontinued those redoubtable
gadgets.
> > and....arguably,  it was overkill , (and it made for a very crowded
> > power strip)  but it was a good ounce of prevention against a user who
> > powered 9 modules with a single 200ma supply and then held Wiard
> > liable for the scorched power-supply chassis.
> > 
> > avanti!
> > -doc
> > 
> > 
> > * but the commonality of the practice muddies the water by creating a
> > false conventional perception that current draw is a point rather than
> > a line (and a fairly wiggly one at that)
> >
>