Doepfer

I thought i ask the experts. 

I have a Dark Energy (Bought in Germany, shipped to the US).

The specs say it is rated for;  (12...15V AC, min. 400mA)

Now i have an extra AC adapter, rated at 16v, 1000ma). 

Is it advisable not to use this adapter. I'm not worried about the 1000ma. But i am hesitant about the extra 1volt above the specs (note: device came with a 12v, 550ma.)

Thanks in advance.

Greetings.

A

Hello Andrew

> Is it advisable not to use this adapter. I'm not worried about the 1000ma. But i am hesitant about the extra 1volt above the specs (note: device came with a 12v, 550ma.)
I recommend to wait for an answer from Dieter Doepfer before you use 
this adapter.

Florian

Thank you, that's what i thought - that is your comment on heat. I'll take your advice.

one a side note: with Dark Energy you might indeed have found the matter that science only keeps speculating about. :c) What an amazing piece of 'quantum physics'. kudos!

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "kloppe_andrew" <andrew.kloppe@...> wrote:

>
> I thought i ask the experts. 
> 
> I have a Dark Energy (Bought in Germany, shipped to the US).
> 
> The specs say it is rated for;  (12...15V AC, min. 400mA)
> 
> Now i have an extra AC adapter, rated at 16v, 1000ma). 
> 
> Is it advisable not to use this adapter. I'm not worried about the 1000ma. But i am hesitant about the extra 1volt above the specs (note: device came with a 12v, 550ma.)
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Greetings.
> 
> A
>

> I thought i ask the experts.
>
> I have a Dark Energy (Bought in Germany, shipped to the US).
>
> The specs say it is rated for;  (12...15V AC, min. 400mA)
>
> Now i have an extra AC adapter, rated at 16v, 1000ma).
>
> Is it advisable not to use this adapter. I'm not worried about
> the 1000ma. But i am hesitant about the extra 1volt above the
> specs (note: device came with a 12v, 550ma.)
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Greetings.
>
> A

You may try it out and nothing can be damaged. But there may occur an
excessive inside the housing as the voltage regulators have to burn more
power. As said - nothing can be damaged but there may occur temperature
stability problems (e.g. the 1V/Oct scale or the frequency offset of the VCO
may change a bit over the time). Consequently I'd recommend to find a 12V AC
but temporarily the 16V AC supply may be used.

Best wishes
Dieter Doepfer