chuck wrote:

i notice that my receiver gets very warm just being plugged in and not
turned on is this normal?
would running it on a dc power supply make it run cooler and possibly less
static or noise from the mains supply?
to run it on dc would a computer power supply work???
if not could someone suggest a power supply that would work?

thanks
charles foster

It's very cool on 12v, in fact you can then stack things on the R8B.

Whether your 12v supply gets hot instead is a matter of what kind of
supply you get. Switching supplies run cool mostly, but some also generate
birdies. I happen to use an Astron SS-18 and it's okay. I also run about 30
12v devices on it like active antennas, DSPs and ANC-4's, rather than having
a proliferation of wall warts for them.

Be sure to fuse the 12v output at the supply; it can burn up wires very
easily at the rated current of the supply, in case of a short in one of the
tiny wires at your end.

With wall-warts the internal resistance is enough to prevent fires; not so
with a real power supply.
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