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Re: AC adapter for RCX: Polarity is irrelevant
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 23 Dec 1998 18:29:18 GMT
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Ben Williamson <benw@*saynotospam*pobox.com>
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On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, dave madden wrote:
> =>From: Bob Stern <stern@batnet.com>
> =>...
> =>I discovered that it doesn't matter what polarity voltage is supplied
> =>by an AC adapter connected to the RCX.
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> Yow! That's a scary discovery! (Not the result, of course, but your
> experiment design: "plug in RCX; verify that it works. Reverse (+)
> and (-) leads, plug in again, and see what happens.")
Oh ye of little faith... the socket is marked ` 9-12V~ ', the ~ means AC
input. Don't worry, be happy. :)
- Ben.
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| =>From: Bob Stern <stern@batnet.com> =>... =>I discovered that it doesn't matter what polarity voltage is supplied =>by an AC adapter connected to the RCX. Yow! That's a scary discovery! (Not the result, of course, but your experiment design: "plug (...) (26 years ago, 22-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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