Communities

Writing
Writing
Codidact Meta
Codidact Meta
The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors
Photography & Video
Photography & Video
Scientific Speculation
Scientific Speculation
Cooking
Cooking
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Judaism
Judaism
Languages & Linguistics
Languages & Linguistics
Software Development
Software Development
Mathematics
Mathematics
Christianity
Christianity
Code Golf
Code Golf
Music
Music
Physics
Physics
Linux Systems
Linux Systems
Power Users
Power Users
Tabletop RPGs
Tabletop RPGs
Community Proposals
Community Proposals
tag:snake search within a tag
answers:0 unanswered questions
user:xxxx search by author id
score:0.5 posts with 0.5+ score
"snake oil" exact phrase
votes:4 posts with 4+ votes
created:<1w created < 1 week ago
post_type:xxxx type of post
Search help
Notifications
Mark all as read See all your notifications »
Q&A

Post History

75%
+4 −0
Q&A Replacement power supply voltage and current ratings?

If the external power supply to a device fails, and I can't get the exact model, what do I need to specify to get the right replacement? I can re-use the old supply's connector, but what about the...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

Question power-supply
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Olin Lathrop‭ · 2020-06-12T15:59:01Z (over 4 years ago)
<p>If the external power supply to a device fails, and I can't get the
exact model, what do I need to specify to get the right replacement?  I
can re-use the old supply's connector, but what about the voltage and
current ratings?  How close do they need to be to what it says on the
device?

<p>What if the device isn't marked and I don't know its specs, but the old
supply is marked with its ratings?

<p>Is it OK to go lower voltage, or should it always be higher?  What
about current?  I don't want a 10 A supply to damage my 1 A device.