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Offline DrZ

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Dock voltage/amperage?
« on: July 17, 2008, 04:41:57 am »
Can anyone tell me the voltage and amperage of the wall wart power supply for the Phatdock?  Also, is the tip positive/sleeve negative as with most wall warts? 

Mine is lost and the specs are not printed anywhere I can find.  I'm guessing it's pretty standard and I can use any wall wart with the right voltage and same (or more) amperage plus correct plug.

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Offline jheyerman

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Re: Dock voltage/amperage?
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2008, 05:12:19 am »
Mine works with 12V, center +, barrel -, at 300 mA (although not the original adapter).

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Re: Dock voltage/amperage?
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2008, 12:38:46 pm »
I use a 12 volt 500mA adaptor.  You can go down to 9 volts or possibly lower, but current rating should probably be higher in that case (800mA or more should be OK).   The switching regulator in the cradle has a wide input range 9 - 15 volts or so, but it's better to stay near the lower end of the range.  As for the plug - yes - centre is positive.  Size - outside diameter 5.5mm, inside diameter 2.1mm.  You may get away with 5.0mm o/d or 2.5mm i/d variants, but contact will probably be less reliable.

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Re: Dock voltage/amperage?
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2008, 01:34:00 pm »
From the U.S. adapter I have here:

Input: 120VAC 60hz 17W
Output: 12V DC 800mA
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