Roland ACB-120T is hot!

[pilgrim]

Hi all,

I've recently acquired a CM-32L, after almost 2 decades of thinking "nah, not worth it", and I can honestly say it and the SC-55mkII I bought concurrently are the most satisfying purchases I have done in a while.

I'm having a small power supply fear/paranoia though. I initially got the ACI-120 for the SC-55 and also used it without any problems on the CM-32L. Then I found a cheap original Roland ACB-120T on ebay and thought it would be more practical to get each module's own power supply so I wouldn't have to constantly switch connections. Unfortunately, the ACB-120T is heating up quite a bit, not so much that you can't touch it, but enough to be worrying. Granted, when I noticed this the CM-32L had been running for almost 4h straight, but then I switched it off for the night (leaving the ACB plugged in), and even after 8h of rest the power supply had still not fully cooled down! I had to disconnect it completely (and leave it for another few hours) before it did.

Is this normal for an ACB adapter? Could it be due to thing being an ACB-120T rather than a regular ACB-120? Is there even a difference between these two? (the specs seem to be identical as far as I can tell)

[endre1952]

I have no idea. All I can say, there's nothing wrong with using either a universal power supply or the one that came with the SC-55, if they meet the CM-32L's requirements.

[pilgrim]

Thanks for the reply. I settled for pluggin the CM-32L in one of my wall plugs that is controlled by switch. I just switch the whole thing off when I'm not using the module. I had it on for another 4h straight yesterday and it was only a little warm this time, so it seems all's good!