Re: seeking apple IIc brick at 220V

[rfka01 <rfka01@gmx.de>]

In article <dnh36j$4na$1@nnrp.ngi.it>, cq@ngi.it says...
> IceMan wrote:
> >     Marco,
> > 
> >     if you fail to find one you can always resort to a low power (100Watts
> > or so, check your "brick" rating) 220 to 110 auto-transformer (a fixed set
> > VARIAC to 50%) which you can find in Electronic or Electric utility stores.
> > The fact that the frequency is 50Hz instead of 60 usually doesn't make much
> > difference for the adapter, whether it is modern switching (the latest
> > auto-adapt to any line voltage from 100 to 240V and as they are switching,
> > don't care about the line frequency as they rectify the input and work with
> > high frequency switched "DC") or old style linear regulated with standard
> > bulky transformer. The ripple output would be slightly more in this case,
> > but this shouldn't be a problem if the design of the original AC adapter is
> > filtered well (usually they are slightly overtolerant).
> wait!
> actually my father has an electric utility store...
> yes and I found that item (we had one in case of emergency like these :))
> 
> I just tried and powered up my IIc. anyway I'll search a power supply 
> for it..
> 
Hi,
I soldered the appropriate DIN plug to a Powerbook 520c 
power supply. So it's Apple all the way, and works like 
a charm.

Robert
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