AC/DC ? (Not the band)
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Topic: AC/DC ? (Not the band)
Posted By: Pneubauer
Subject: AC/DC ? (Not the band)
Date Posted: June 23 2006 at 21:04
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I bought a couple portable speakers about a year ago that are battery powered but came with a very short USB power cable (as it is usually meant for use with a laptop)
Since the cable is very short I cant use the speakers how I want to... so I decided to look for an adapter around the house... and we dont have one... I bought a multi voltage adapter for my CD player, but it doesnt have a 5V setting... SO I finally thought 'what about my PSP adapter?'...
Now, I know it was probably a dumb idea and somehow I would end up, with my bad luck and reputation of destroying electronics half-accidentally, breaking both the adapter and my speakers..
But I tried it and it worked, since i wasnt SO careless as to not check the voltage (I did and it was 5V and the polarity matched the speakers)...
Anyway it worked but then I realized that the PSP adapter was AC and the speakers were DC... I stopped using it right away... so... even though it worked... my question is to you: Should that cause any damage after prolonged use? Should it have exploded in my face when I first turned it on?
I want to be safe as I recently wrecked an old CD walkman by plugging it into the wrong imput on a a guitar amp... busted something and now its really quiet...
Plus Ive broken various other electronic items in the past because Im a damn fool and I guess when Im bored I end up taking apart electronic stuff and electrocuting myself accidentally.
Destroyed:
- Sega Genesis
- TWO Sega Dreamcasts (same night [regretted this GREATLY, those things are SO BOSS])
- Sony Playstation
- Aforementioned Walkman
- Various smaller items (Virtual pets, etc.)
Please, someone put an end to this maaadnesssss!
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Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: June 23 2006 at 21:42
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Never plug anything by yourself - it's the only way to save your electronics! ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: W.Chuck
Date Posted: June 25 2006 at 09:22
 don't worry, nothing will explode. Either it would not have worked or there would have been a bypass and maybe some smoke would have come out then. Mostly there's an inner protection against something like that, but I'm not sure if you adapter would still be alright  ------------- 
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Posted By: tdreamer
Date Posted: June 25 2006 at 17:48
| I can identify with a lot of the breakeges . I ruined our first music center trying to wire it up to six speakers. 4 of the speakers blew too |
Posted By: Pneubauer
Date Posted: June 25 2006 at 22:09
Ouch. Well anyway thanks for the replies... I still dont think I'll try it again... I dunno... it just doesn't sit well.. maybe it would take a while... and then break. Who knows... plus the mA is really high on the adapter... Im surprised it didnt die when I first tried it! In fact today I almost thought I broke another portable CD player... cause I had batteries in for taking it to walk the dog... then I plugged the adapter in so I could listen to the same song, at the part, without turning it off and fast forwarding (In the land of grey and pink, by the way, haha)... and I opened it and took the batteries out and it stopped working and... being a fool when it comes to electronics (see the previous blunders) I thought 'damn! how could I fry it? I didnt even do anything!' and I looked down and saw that the adapter light wasnt on... cause I forgot to turn on the power bar after switching it off earlier... Maybe Ill just try to find a 5v DC adapter somewhere with lower mA... but 5vs seem to be hard to find around here... |
tdreamer wrote:Posted By: tdreamer
Date Posted: June 26 2006 at 19:06
| My Dad tried to wire up a Stylophone to a old radiogramme. On xmas day at that we had to get an electrician out on xmas day (not cheap) My stylophone was OK but the radiogramme was Knackered. |
Posted By: Pneubauer
Date Posted: June 26 2006 at 21:12
Im not sure what those are... but it must have been a tragic, expensive loss...
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Posted By: the man machine
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 09:05
| the psp is probably dc things like that dont run from ac . |