🚀 go-pugleaf

msunde01@mik.uky.edu (Mark  Underwood) writes:
>I hate to throw a bucket of cold water on everything, especially in a  
>newsgroup full of people who just LOVE to design their own gadgets, but  
>wouldn't it be easier to get a cigarette-lighter power adaptor for about  
>$10 or so from an electronics store like (dare I mention the R-S phrase?)  
>or somewhere, or, heaven forbid, get the one the manufacturer recommends  
>and save your warrantee??  Caveat:  I tried to find a SONY adaptor for my  
>SONY discman, and have yet to find a place that can keep them in stock  
>long enough . . ..  I ended up with the R-S model, and rigged a "pigtail"  
>plug adaptor using the plug from my A-C adaptor (since the plug on SONY is  
>non-standard) and fixed it so I could switch the pigtail from the AC to  
>the DC adaptors.  It works, though I admit it took all the fun out of  
>devising a solution . . ..

>Feeling bad for suggesting store-bought goods in a home-built newsgroup,
>I am

>--
>Mark Underwood
>EE Student, University of Kentucky
>Lab Assistant, UK Library Microlabs
>Internet address:  msunde01@mik.uky.edu

 Ever looked inside one of the original converters?
 I have one, it has 7 1N4001 diodes i series... (the CD wants 5-7 V in)
 Most batteryoperated devices aren't that touchy about input voltage,
 there is a small ;-} difference in battery voltage between fresh batteries
 at standby and almost dead at full output...



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