Groups | Search | Server Info | Login | Register
Groups > aus.electronics > #35692
| From | Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | aus.cars, aus.electronics |
| Subject | Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase |
| Date | 2023-12-09 19:19 +1100 |
| Message-ID | <ktim8hFtk51U2@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <6572389d@news.ausics.net> <ktf4jiF2ishU1@mid.individual.net> <op.2fnaq7zpbyq249@pvr2.lan> <kthrr4FontpU1@mid.individual.net> <op.2foeodcsbyq249@pvr2.lan> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 9/12/2023 7:18 pm, Rod Speed wrote:
> Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> wrote
>> Rod Speed wrote
>>> Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> wrote
>>>> Computer Nerd Kev wrote
>>>>> Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> wrote
>>>>>> Rod Speed wrote
>
>>>>>>>> Something to watch out for.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why are you assuming that it's a bad thing ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you like wall-warts everywhere, then fine.
>>>>> Huh. I can see a few reasons why I wouldn't like a DC pedestal fan,
>>>>> but I honestly never thought that anyone would be bothered by the
>>>>> meer presence of a plugpack on a wall.
>>>>> I suppose they can be awkward to use with extension lead though,
>>>>> which a fan could often be used with.
>>>
>>>> Wall Warts are a PITA.
>
>>> Don't buy that.
>
>> Yeah, I don't buy anything with wall warts either if there's an
>> alternative.
>
> More fool you, and that's not what I meant.
>
>>>> The company buys in a heap of wall warts that are already Aus
>>>> certified for 230V so they don't need tohave the fan itself
>>>> certified. Cheaping out is all it is.
>
>>> Its bullshit to claim that that's all it is.
>
>> Ok, you enlighten us on *your* reasoning behind the wall wart plague!
>
> There is no plague.
>
> Its the sensible way to do things.
There's a wall wart plague here. Damn near everything has a wall wart
these days.
--
Xeno
Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Back to aus.electronics | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar
OT: Pedestal fan purchase Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-12-07 21:58 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2023-12-07 22:05 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-12-07 22:54 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2023-12-07 22:58 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2023-12-08 06:17 +1000
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-12-08 11:03 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2023-12-08 04:09 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2023-12-08 07:03 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-12-08 08:11 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2023-12-08 07:26 +1000
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2023-12-08 10:59 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-12-08 11:06 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Keithr0 <nothing.to.see@here.com.au> - 2023-12-08 10:56 +1000
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> - 2023-12-08 13:21 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2023-12-09 04:58 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2023-12-08 12:26 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2023-12-08 15:03 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2023-12-08 16:18 +1000
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-12-08 21:43 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Daryl <dwalford@westpine.com.au> - 2023-12-09 09:25 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2023-12-09 19:15 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2023-12-09 04:55 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2023-12-09 11:48 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2023-12-09 13:05 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2023-12-09 19:18 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2023-12-09 19:19 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2023-12-09 19:18 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2023-12-09 19:19 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2023-12-10 04:45 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2023-12-10 12:47 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2023-12-10 19:14 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2023-12-10 19:30 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-12-10 21:52 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2023-12-10 22:22 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2023-12-11 04:54 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-12-08 11:07 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2023-12-08 12:12 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Daryl <dwalford@westpine.com.au> - 2023-12-08 15:46 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2023-12-08 19:34 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2023-12-08 20:20 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2023-12-08 16:23 +1000
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2023-12-09 04:59 +1100
Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2023-12-09 04:52 +1100
csiph-web