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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 17:26:33 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Ralph Hempel writes:
> > 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
> >
> > 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
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> 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!
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> 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.
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> Good luck and have fun!
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> Cheers,
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> Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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 Wench / Brick Detective / Mad Scientist
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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