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A fair question (I think)
« on: February 16, 2002, 04:12:00 pm »
Dear fellow Sunn Sickos, I have a non-Sunn question that demands answering; you folks here I trust to guide me.

The problem:  I like Alesis effects as part of my PA system.  Alesis gear uses the outboard power transformers, or wall-warts, if you will.  I am crazy nuts downright fed-up with the wall-warts.  They waste space, they break, they get lost, they make a mess, and in general they suck.

My proposed solution:  I want to power up to six Alesis devices, all 9VAC.  The biggest Alesis wall-wart I have is 120VAC 60Hz 15W input, and 9VAC @ 830 mA output.  Is there any reason I can't (or shouldn't) use a 50VA 9VAC tranny with parallel outputs for the Alesis stuff, with the 120VAC primary plugged into a cheap Furman power conditioner?  The Furmans advertise 1.8 kW capacity.  Is this even neccessary?  I can't imagine there being a whole heck of a lot of regulation in the wall-wart.  So six at 15W is 90W.  Proper and safe wiring is assumed.

This seems too simple.  Am I missing something really obvious?  If so, please let me know gently.  I really do appreciate the brains and common sense that tend to gather on this site.  Thanks.