Re: [NTLK] Too much power?

From: Daniel Padilla (dproldan_at_telefonica.net)
Date: Tue Jan 21 2003 - 19:00:11 EST


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>
> DP> Ouch! don't use that. It's transformer based, instead of a
> DP> switching power supply. I don't know if your in the US, but
> DP> remember that those won't sense the input voltage.
>
> Huh? It won't sense input voltage? So this guy was selling something
> that doesn't work?
>

    What I mean is that those tranformer-based adapters usually have a
switch to select the input voltage: 120 (?) volts for the US, 220-230 volts
for Europe, etc.
    The switching power supplies as the original newton will automatically
sense the input voltage.

D.

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