Hello,
Thankx for the sugestions!

can you give me any internet link where i could maybe buy those
accumulators
do they have a separate charger
i have two portable cabinets, how long does the batteries would last

best regards
andre

On May 21, 2007, at 2:08 PM, Florian Anwander wrote:

> Hi Andre
>
> > Would i be in risk here, with the doepfer connected to an ac supply
> > Any major not advised thing would be envolved here
>
> There are two major risks of water and electricity:
>
> It is NOT the water in the basin itself, but the connection it can
> make
> to earth. The danger of the water in the bathtube is not the water in
> the bathtube, but the electrical connection to ground which is
> provided
> by the water, that is running through the drain to the ground.
>
> THe other and more important aspect of danger of water with any kind
> of
> electronics is, that you will have wet hands and water is dripping
> around from your hands into the housing and will find its way to the
> powersupply. Then it will find a possibility to shorten 220 Volts from
> the next corner powerplant direct to the 12V driven modules. And I
> assume you worked hard for the money to buy them.
>
> So my decent hint is: Remove the AC-Powersupply from the housing and
> install a connector (E.g. asymetric XLR) for +12V, -12V, and Ground.
>
> Now you can feed this with any kind of DC-power. Either you build the
> original Doepfer powersupply in a separate waterproof housing, or you
> use some batteries or accumulators for it.
>
> I once modified a a 3HE Housing for the usage as portable theremin. It
> uses 12 V Accumulators:
>
> http://fa.utfs.org/diy/a100/index.html
>
> You may have to scroll down the left frame to find the pics with the
> accumulators
>
> Florian
>
>