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    9v Speed regulator —Wayne Jackson
   If I went to Radio Shack or the likes and picked up a 9v power supply, will this work with the speed regulator? (16 years ago, 19-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: 9v Speed regulator —Julian Guerrero Molina-Prados
     (...) You have to make sure that the plug matches. If it does, It will work. Regards. (16 years ago, 19-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
    
         Re: 9v Speed regulator —Brian Davis
     (...) Well... maybe. By that I mean that the LEGO train transformer (as well as the RCX and NXT), are supposed to be supplied with 9-12 V *AC* current. Most little wal transformers you see supply *DC* voltage. Note that a lot of folks have used DC (...) (16 years ago, 19-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
    
         Re: 9v Speed regulator —Julian Guerrero Molina-Prados
     (...) Today I've tried the one that comes with my Panasonic DECT home phone, and it works OK, it has the same voltage and jack than the original LEGO provides. (16 years ago, 20-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: 9v Speed regulator —David Laswell
     (...) The LEGO power supplies all produce AC current, while most interchangable power supplies that you'll find produce DC current. I know this can overload and burn out the bridge rectifiers on the RCX 1.0, but I don't know if it'll be problematic (...) (16 years ago, 19-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
    
         Re: 9v Speed regulator —Wayne Jackson
     (...) If I were to get the UK version, all I would need to get would be a pin converter to work with Australian sockets - is that correct? We have 240v, and if I understand correctly, that is all that is needed for it to work. (16 years ago, 20-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: 9v Speed regulator —David Graham
   (...) I stopped using the LEGO power supply a long time ago. I use one similar to that shown below: (URL) has numerous connection pins and you can change the voltage. I let children operate the trains and I turn the voltage down until the trains go (...) (16 years ago, 20-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
 

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