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  Re: External power supply ?
 
(...) CAUTION!!! The wall-wart that comes with the train adaptor puts out an AC voltage that will likely damage your RCX if used this way!!! I have read reports of people burning out their RCXes by connecting the wall-wart to the battery contacts (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: External power supply ?
 
(...) You are right Chris, the train controller is not a good idea. Indeed all Lego adaptors (including the one for RCX 1.0) provide AC only. And turning the knob in the wrong direction is just too easy. Thanks for correcting my misleading (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

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