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RE: Battery Eliminator
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 26 Dec 2000 17:35:45 GMT
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> I got tried of always changing batteries so I purchased a 9V Battery
> Eliminator from Radio Shack (273-1552) and connected it to a 9V
> battery box
> by soldering on 9v battery leads that snap on the 9V Battery
> Eliminator. I
> used a volt meter to test everything and it all looks okay and has the
> correct voltages (9.47V). The problem that I am having is the motor run
> very slow when the 9V Eliminator is connected to the leads that were
> soldered on but with I connect a 9V battery to the leads
> everything is fine
> which tells me the connections are okay. What am I missing?
Hart,
The battery eliminator is generally used for low current appliances
like transistor radios. It will not have enough power to drive a motor
at full capacity.
Put another way, a 9V battery can supply a lot of current at 9V, but
the battery eliminator will drop voltage when presented with a heavy
load like a motor.
Use a 9V 800mA Adapter instead, or consider going to alkaline rechargable
batteries.
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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