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Article #16079Re: Cellular Telephone and Battery Life
From: David Fiedler
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1991 05:02
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1991 05:02
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m937290@usna.NAVY.MIL (Midn. Norman R. Solis) writes:
>you cannot
>operate the phone with the AC adapter plugged in but you can with the DC
>adapter because 'the DC adapter cable supplies enough power to run the
>phone and trickle charge the battery.' The current AC adapter is 12VDC @
>800 ma. If I buy an adapter with a larger power rating (like 1200 or 1500
>ma) then should I be able to operate the phone from the AC adapter? Both
>the DC and AC adapters plug into the same jack on the phone.
I'm almost positive you're right. The same thing happened when I bought my
Panasonic TP500. Instead of paying $85 for their AC adapter, I made one
from the supplied plug and a 1 amp power supply from Radio Snack. If
you're already at 800 ma. you can't be too far off.
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