[mythtv-users] OT: DC to AC power adapter wrong size
Andrew Dodd
atd7 at cornell.edu
Tue Jan 13 23:05:44 EST 2004
Quoting Clay <claybo at pacbell.net>:
> Hey everyone, sorry for the off-topic message. I didn't know where
> else to post this.
>
> I just got a PW-70A for my ME6000. Before purchasing the PW-70A, I
> e-mailed the folks at Logic Supply (logicsupply.com) with a question
> regarding compatibility of a specific AC adapter with the PW-70A, and
> referenced them to a page with measurements of the size of the plug on
> this adapter. They responded and said it is a size that will fit, and
> will be compatible. I just received the AC adapter and the PW-70A and
> they just barely do NOT fit together. (Cannot slip the DC end of the
> adapter onto the PW-70A, although by looking at the ends of each they
> look very close to fitting together.)
>
> I don't know if the measurements on the web site were off or if I got
> bad advice from Logic Supply, but to make a long story short, is it
> acceptable to take some pliers or something and stretch out the DC end
> of the adapter a tiny bit to get it to fit onto the PW-70A? Or will
> this cause serious damage that I'd rather avoid? (The adapter is
> otherwise completely compatible with the PW-70A -- 12 volts, etc, etc).
Cut off old plug on the adapter, strip wires, solder them onto a new plug
obtained for $1 or so at Rat Shack. :)
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