tangent
Top Mall-Fi poster. The T in META42.
Formerly with Tangentsoft Parts Store
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Yes, it works just fine on higher voltages. The thing is, I was just recently made aware of a European regulation that says that the primary side of the supply has to be at least 8mm away from anything on the secondary side. Near the filter choke in v1.0, this is not the case.
I seriously doubt that that ~4mm gap in v1.0 is a problem in actual practice. This regulation comes from the same people that outlawed banana jacks on power amps, just because someone could stick a fork into there and electrocute themselves. Me, I'm a believer in rapid-action Darwinism.
But that's just my personal opinion. Fighting that fight is more than I'm willing to take on, so I won't sell v1.0 boards to Europeans any more. Any of you Europeans have a problem with this, take it up with your EU reps.
I mean it's still full functional for 240V countries right? |
Yes, it works just fine on higher voltages. The thing is, I was just recently made aware of a European regulation that says that the primary side of the supply has to be at least 8mm away from anything on the secondary side. Near the filter choke in v1.0, this is not the case.
I seriously doubt that that ~4mm gap in v1.0 is a problem in actual practice. This regulation comes from the same people that outlawed banana jacks on power amps, just because someone could stick a fork into there and electrocute themselves. Me, I'm a believer in rapid-action Darwinism.
But that's just my personal opinion. Fighting that fight is more than I'm willing to take on, so I won't sell v1.0 boards to Europeans any more. Any of you Europeans have a problem with this, take it up with your EU reps.