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Originally Posted by DaleDe
$60 should be a pretty advanced power adapter for that price.
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You'd think so wouldn't you?? It wasn't though - it was just a transformer. The guy in the shop did say to me that I would find it cheaper just to find the right ac adapter but I didn't understand him until now - boy am I learning more than I ever wanted to know about power supplies
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Originally Posted by DaleDe
You really just need to meet the specs with an adapter with the correct connector. The connector can be trough part.
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I have ordered an ac adapter from Hong Kong via ebay that produces the right output and comes with 6 different plugs which I am told should cover about 90% of devices. I am figuring if the colby one works then the ebookwise probably has a fairly standard one covered by one of the 6.
A risky move but I am just too impatient to be able to bear getting the device and not being able to plug it in immediately
If I am wrong then I can apparently get someone (I don't know who) to swap the plugs for me. Or just try to resell that adapter on ebay and then try to get the colby one or something...
Having the adapter means you don't need to use the one that comes with the unit at all and, to my way of thinking, it reduces the risk of accidentally plugging the 110v straight into the wall without the transformer and blowing the whole thing up
