Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" Newsgroups: aus.cars,aus.electronics Subject: Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2023 19:18:03 +1100 Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: <6572389d@news.ausics.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 8AJM+iZ/E/oDfVO1bIPYBwtYES0QQWBM7RdERBJzq+A3gK1N4= Cancel-Lock: sha1:8zITlGQpro91fujCq6bCAsRPaTs= sha256:19FTcL2on/9VM0GD2jxecdx+Mu2qYT4SNijdReVnZ3o= User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) Xref: csiph.com aus.cars:363078 aus.electronics:35690 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.