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

[Oren Leavitt]

Thriftstores are also a great source of cheap wall warts, extra line 
cords. and ???.
There's usually a bin full of wall warts in the area where electronic 
stuff is stocked.

Oren

nN AAt e e 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.
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>saving money is cool!
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>- nate - www.robot-dreams.com/sd/ - thriftcore
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>>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
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>converter to
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>>110v, but it just occurred to me: shouldn't I be able to use a 110v wall
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>wart
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>>that puts out the same output?
>>-Cyrus
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