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RE: It's Alive! or, Building The Dinosaur
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.general
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Thu, 28 Dec 2000 16:57:35 GMT
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> Thanks Ralph. I took pictures of the jack and the adapter and
> posted them at
> the end of the picture set:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=24825
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=24826
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> The jack says "9-12V" next to it. The plug for the adapter looks like any
> ordinary adapter. The adapter says on it:
> PRI: 230V - 50 Hz
> SEC: 10V - 7 VA
Great! It's just like a Mindstorms jack. There is also a "~" symbol next
to the 9-12V marking, which means you can supply any polarity you like.
They do, after all, have to make it kid-proof!
I'd recommend RadioShack 273-1656A. It's a 9V 800mA adapter and I use it
for Mindstorms work all the time. The older motors used more current under
heavy load, so it's worth a couple of extra bucks for an 800mA unit.
Good luck and have fun!
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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| (...) Thanks Ralph, that's very helpful! I'll go get one ASAP. Seems like everything we got this year takes batteries so it'd be nice to get something running on power :-) Cheers, Heather -- Heather Patey St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Pirate (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
| | | Re: It's Alive! or, Building The Dinosaur
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| "Ralph Hempel" <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote in message news:NEBBIJADEJHLFJD...mts.com... (...) Hi Ralph. Is this RadioShack 273-1656A an adapter you use with the Mindstorms 1.0 RCX, in lieu of batteries? I just want to make sure - I'd like to get an (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
| | | Re: It's Alive! or, Building The Dinosaur
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| (...) Please BEWARE! any device that is meant for AC voltage will work with DC but at a risk of burning out the diodes in the rectifying bridge with too much current. The wallwart it comes with supplies about 1300 mA AC which alternates at 60Hz (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: It's Alive! or, Building The Dinosaur
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| (...) Thanks Ralph. I took pictures of the jack and the adapter and posted them at the end of the picture set: (URL) jack says "9-12V" next to it. The plug for the adapter looks like any ordinary adapter. The adapter says on it: PRI: 230V - 50 Hz (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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