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Earplug
Old Croc Joined: 03 January 2012 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 7216 |
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Funnily enough, a DC PSU could work, even if the thing is expecting AC. It depends on the input circuitry. If it just uses a bridge rectifier then no problem. If their is some other doubler or circuit to generate +/- rails, etc. then more difficult. Maybe open the thing & see what's there.
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Earplugs Are For Wimps!
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markie
Old Croc Joined: 31 October 2005 Location: Sunny Liskeard. Status: Offline Points: 4570 |
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Update. I e-mailed the Alto support guys and got a reply today:-
The earlier models were an 18vAC psu but apparently this fell foul of an EU directive. Thus later models were re-designed to use 18vDC.
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If it's got wheels or tits it's gonna cost a fortune
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Lucasdude
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That's quite odd. I don't think I've ever seen a socket marked as AC, but also shows the polarity like that. It's just asking for trouble!
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