As far as I can see that's carrying 12V from the external 'brick' of a Doepfer DIY kit, not a 240v 'PSU 2'. Not my case, but I have a DIY kit and was considering doing something similar (not XLR though) to allow for disconnection of the power brick.

Rich

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , Florian Anwander <fanwander@...> wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> I am risking to be called a nitpicker now:
>
> There is a DIY-rack in the photosection uploaded by acakveld. This case
> is constructed in a extremely dangerous way. The XLR-Socket on the right
> side in these pictures....:
>
> http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/3183706/sn/483129258/name/first+light.jpg
> http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/3183706/sn/444387654/name/first+noise.jpg
>
> ... is used as 230V input. This is something that NEVER NEVER NEVER
> should be done.
> 1.) The solder connections on the XLR socket are not isolated, e.g. with
> heat shrink tube. If you mount a module, in the rack you are not secured
> against high voltage.
> 2.) XLR-Sockets are not intended for AC voltages in this range (e.g.
> Neutrik tells the rated voltage of 50 V AC !!!).
> 3.) Imagine an cable with XLR female connector laying around in your
> studio, and you do not see the other end. You connect it with a
> microphone or any other audiooutput and BANGGGG.... damn, that wasn't
> the microphone cable, but the 230V AC for the modular system (if you
> still can recognize this - you also might be dead in this moment already!)
>
> This is nearly the worst kind of doing this. Sorry to say, but I'd like
> to suggest, that these pictures have to be removed from the photo
> section. Noone should take these as examples. Dieter
>
> Florian
>