Ebay: Bench-Under PS - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: GiskardReventlov
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2014, 01:28:23 am
content: Not sure it will fit under my bench, definitely not a bench top PS.eBay auction: #201056608929

author: Fsck
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2014, 01:47:08 am
content: 20kVA and about 450lbs.. pretty sure you can only ship it on a pallet too.

author: GiskardReventlov
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2014, 01:57:44 am
content: Buyer must have fork-lift. Or a football team nearby.It would make for an interesting tear-down.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2014, 10:23:54 am
content: 220kg, no problem.......... Will fit in a post box for sure.As a plus you can use it as a work bench as well as a power supply.

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2014, 11:32:33 am
content: Should make a nice heater in winter.

author: GiskardReventlov
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2014, 06:32:08 pm
content: They even charge $10 for local pickup.And if you have it shipped there's a $75 palleting charge not included in the shipping charge.I suppose it does take some work to pack it right, no bubble wrap.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2014, 06:33:42 pm
content: Don't worry. My local couriers will still break it. They managed to break 2 vacuum pumps, by dropping them on the drive end.

author: GiskardReventlov
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2014, 07:59:03 pm
content: Quote from: SeanB on March 21, 2014, 06:33:42 pmReminds me when Jim Carey posed as a delivery guy treating the package like soccer ball.But I wonder of something like a vacuum pump should get shipped strapped to wood blocks or something like that to absorb impact. I know some things get shipped with an accelerometer to measure the abuse in transit. If it's too high on receipt it gets shipped back.

author: Fsck
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2014, 11:20:19 pm
content: Quote from: SeanB on March 21, 2014, 06:33:42 pmhere, couriers have a 150lb limit, anything above that is freight. yours don't have a limit?

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 22, 2014, 12:03:37 pm
content: It was freight, and packed in a box bolted down to a wooden inner sheet, with packaging and shock absorbing cardboard and bubble wrap on all sides. Not going to help if dropped from the back of the truck. We get deliveries of up to a ton by them.

author: GiskardReventlov
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 22, 2014, 04:32:50 pm
content: Quote from: SeanB on March 22, 2014, 12:03:37 pmWait a minute, are these couriers by any chance covered almost entirely with hair? Do they have exceptionally long arms? Do they sometimes utilize their semi-closed hands to augment their movements? Does the playing of music soothe their soul almost immediately? You may have yourself a gorilla problem.I think your courier has hired the samsonite luggage testers or possibly the lowland gorilla popular in some ads.

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 22, 2014, 04:42:14 pm
content: Try to lure them away from the freight with a few bananas.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 23, 2014, 10:39:08 am
content: They have been known to break concrete blocks...............Mostly by driving into them.