Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Xeno Newsgroups: aus.cars,aus.electronics Subject: Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2023 19:19:29 +1100 Lines: 50 Message-ID: References: <6572389d@news.ausics.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net fY0mjpEu/PKjI4p3awBcBQ+CVATRQHsqNJlRHWEMjFkaVd8cMd Cancel-Lock: sha1:KSeaoKASa62xNCTZ5txqh2Vrw8U= sha256:VH/pocJ++j/qU6ccSv10KGgMI8Q6EbsmTNZX1EAd+xU= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-AU In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com aus.cars:363080 aus.electronics:35692 On 9/12/2023 7:18 pm, Rod Speed wrote: > Xeno wrote >> Rod Speed wrote >>> Xeno wrote >>>> Computer Nerd Kev wrote >>>>> Sylvia Else 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)