Re: AC Adapter

From: Franc Zabkar (fzabkar_at_optussnet.com.au)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 07:17:24 +1100

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 01:00:29 GMT, "James Sweet"
<jamessweet@hotmail.com> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>The vast majority of "AC" adapters output DC, the name simply means that it
>adapts the 120v (or 240v) AC line to whatever the end device requires, this
>can be AC or DC but it's still an "AC adapter" either way. You really need
>to know for sure what voltage and polarity the device requires to choose the
>correct adapter, I still suspect in this case that 20mA is not correct,
>could there be a zero or two missing? Perhaps it has a typo?

The adapter's 230V/1VA rating is consistent with a 20mA/12V output,
but not with 200mA.

- Franc Zabkar 

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