Who said anything about 1mm² ?Ah, but there's the faff. Also looks a little silly joining what's basically 0.25mm² speaker wire with 1mm² flex like that.
Kind Regards, John.
Who said anything about 1mm² ?Ah, but there's the faff. Also looks a little silly joining what's basically 0.25mm² speaker wire with 1mm² flex like that.
Who said anything about 1mm² ?Ah, but there's the faff. Also looks a little silly joining what's basically 0.25mm² speaker wire with 1mm² flex like that.
Kind Regards, John.
I wasn't thinking of anything like as much as 2 metres - does BAS not want the hub near his PC?!You need <5% VD at 5V, 2.5A, assuming a length of 2m. You do the math.
I wasn't thinking of anything like as much as 2 metres - does BAS not want the hub near his PC?!You need <5% VD at 5V, 2.5A, assuming a length of 2m. You do the math.
Kind Regards, John.
All valid points. However, BAS seemed to be implying that the wallwart and its lead would have served his purpose had it not been for the nature of the pins on the wallwart. I'm actually not sure I understand all this talk about extending the lead - since, if the plan were to get 5V from the PC, I would have thought that more likely to require a shorter power lead than a longer one!Who says his PC is even in the same room? Also note you need to take the USB cables to the devices into consideration when sizing the supply to the hub.
A lot of faffing about though, as the cables wouldn't be long enough.
Yes, I know he said that - but, as I said, I don't quite understand why. If the walwart's lead would be long enough to plug in (to an appropriate socket), I'm not sure why it wouldn't be long enough to go straight to the computer. Ah well!A lot of faffing about though, as the cables wouldn't be long enough.
We should do both.I know BAS will find a way around the problem in the same way as I have but the "Normal Person" must have problems and one has to ask if we should be pressurising consumer protection to ensure firms comply or if we should educate people to what is safe.
That is true, but I think that people like Amazon, for example, should have responsibilities to ensure that they do not provide a vehicle for the sale of unsafe goods.Personally I do not think we will ever stop the grey imports with internet and so education is the way to go. We should be showing UK residents how in the third world live is cheap and if they buy from the internet then they must expect to use some common sense and not expect to find all items bought will be automatically safe.
Indeed, and that of a company based in the EU and one which has physical presence in the UK, so hardly a grey import.But to be fair BAS does stipulate it was a .co.uk site
Depends what you mean by "control". I really see no problem with extending existing legislation to make anybody who facilitates the sale of items into this country which would be illegal if they were sold in a shop or a market stall here responsible.but I think to try and control any internet sales is really beyond and consumer protection to be able to police.
There are issues of trust - I do think that people do have the right to expect to be able to trust companies like Amazon in the same way that they feel they can trust John Lewis, Currys etc.So down to nitty gritty do we want the UK authorities to be able to stop us from buying from any provider that we can find? Personally I would say no. If I can find a supplier who will supply me with what I want then great. It is up to me to decide if it is worth the risk.
It's not OK from my POV if I have to spend time and/or money redressing the failings.So BAS got what he wanted and is very capable of redressing any failings so to my mind that's OK even if it does not dot all the i's or cross all the t's it is up to the buyer to beware!
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