Date   : Thu, 02 Jun 2005 20:23:08 +1200
From   : Richard Hobbis <rhobbis@...>
Subject: Re: Electron power supplies

Hi guys

Just a note to say thanks for the info on the power supplies.
The 18vAC 600mA adaptor from the local electronics store works a treat - 
sure, I can't actually do anything with the Electron coz I don't even 
have a tape player but at least I know it works now :)
And if I find another one without a power supply I know where to get one 
from ..

Cheers
Richard

wookie wrote:

> Richard Hobbis wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need to find a power supply for my Electron but genuine ones are 
>> impossible
>> to find down here in New Zealand.
>>
>> According to online sources (which are very sketchy when it comes to 
>> power
>> supply ratings) it's supposed to be either 18 or 19v AC and 14W - 
>> this equates
>> to about 800mA.
>>
>> I've found a supplier of 18vAC 600mA units, which is obviously a bit 
>> low.
>>
>> Do you think I could get away with using a 600mA unit as opposed to 
>> 800mA?
>> Will it blow the power supply by drawing to much current?
>> Or is the 14W/800mA rating conservative?
>>
>> I'm unlikely to be running any expansion units - I just want a working
>> Electron for my collection.
>>  
>>
> Ok, just had my old electron out and hooked up to my Digital 
> Multimeter, I got 20.5Vac across the output of the mains transformer 
> and 0.35A when running, I also got a peak of around 0.8A when first 
> powered on for a fraction of a second (bit had to measure with a digi 
> meter :-(
>
> My electron has a Slogger Master Ram board fitted and a AP1 hanging 
> off the back. So my guess is you'ld be fine with a 600mA supply as it 
> only uses more than 350mA on startup and that'll be the capacitors on 
> the ac-dc regulator board charging up.
>
> Cheers Wookie.
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