Voltage of Konica-Minolta AC-11 adaptor (Dimage A200 and M..

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Anyone know the voltage and polarity of this adaptor?

It's $60.00 at B&H and that's BS of a very high order.

Cheers,
Alan.
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Supercow wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:13:37 -0500, Alan Browne
> <alan.browne@freelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>
>
>>Anyone know the voltage and polarity of this adaptor?
>>
>>It's $60.00 at B&H and that's BS of a very high order.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Alan.
>
>
> I have one, and on the back it says:
> Output 6V dc 2A (input 100v - 240v 50/60hz)
> The plug is center positive (<->-C-<+> )
>
> 2 amps! that's quite a lot (from a battery point of view). The same as
> the adaptor for the RD175 though. Shame Minolta doesn't have spare
> power cables for that one. And I haven't figured out how the adapter
> is wired up yet. On the adapter side are 3 pins and on the camera
> side 2. So 2 are probably connected to make the adapter switch from
> battery charging to power supply.
> Oh well.. I might run into someone one day who'll let me check the
> wiring.
>
> But some seem to use generic psu's on their Dimage 7's. (ranging from
> 5V 2A to even 7,2V 2A) But personally I wouldn't dare do that. It's
> not a walkman, but a cpu that needs to be powered.
>
> Anyway, hope this helps.

Yes, thanks. Looks like it is a XFMR/DC-DC converter, hence the higher than
expected price.

Cheers,
Alan


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