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Michael A. Covington (mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu) wrote:
: Voltage is the pressure that drives a current (amperage) through a load.
: 
: The way a power supply works is this:
: 
: the rated _voltage_ is the actual value you'll get;
: the rated _amperage_ is the maximum permissible.
: 
: The load determines how many amps will actually flow.  
: So the relevant question here is whether your load consumes more
: than 2.5 amps.  If not, you'll have no problem.
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: + Michael Covington - Artificial Intelligence Programs - U of Georgia - USA 
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    The assumption here is that the power supply provides a constant voltage.
There are power supplies that provide a constant current. In constant
current supplies the output current remains constant but the pd varies upto
some maximum.

    The limiting constant for both types of supplies is power, W = I.V

    Check the labels and be careful out there kids !!!

    H

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