In article t3QSb.195618$xy6.1008406@attbi_s02,
says...
There is much less chance that you, the consumer, will shock
yourself and sue the manufacturer. This is the same reason that all small
electronics devices have "power bricks" now.


Well, yes and no.

The advantage to the manufacturer selling in the U.S. in
using out-board power supplies is that they only need to get
the power supply UL listed, not the entire device, hence
saving significant money and time-to-market. In this way
they can also use the same supply on multiple devices for
further savings, or use different supplies for the same
device destined for different countries to gain even further
savings.

--
Mark

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