[sdiy] Question re: DC wall warts US/Euro

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Oh man, I hate to say this, but anywhere that I am working (I'm a contractor)
I just ask questions.  I look around and lo and behold there's a drawer full
of junk.  Last time it was modems.  I got 5 wallwarts from that load, all
fully legally mine by virtue of "I asked, they said Take it"...  No, you
don't get to pick the voltage and current of immediate preference, but I can
say that I have used most of what I've acquired this way.

Keep your "junk eyes" open at all times.  

One man's junk is another man's "Jeeziz, I NEED that!".


"nN AAt     e     e" <manhattan at robot-dreams.com> wrote:
>like ken said, you can, but if you dont have any extras laying around [why
>not!?!], i hate the prices for power adapters at radio shack and other
>stores [twenty five dollars for a 12v adapter? thats super lame]. you might
>want to check out anywhere that might have cheap electronics. last time i
>needed an extra wallwart, i went to cvs and bought a five dollar alarm clock
>that came with 9v 200ma power supply, for five dollars.
>
>saving money is cool!
>
>- nate - www.robot-dreams.com/sd/ - thriftcore
>
>
>> Hi all,
>> I have a Fricke drum machine that came with a wall wart for 220v European
>> power.  It puts out 12vDC, 300ma.  I've been plugging that into a
>converter to
>> 110v, but it just occurred to me: shouldn't I be able to use a 110v wall
>wart
>> that puts out the same output?
>> -Cyrus
>
>

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