"David Nebenzahl" wrote in message
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On 7/19/2010 12:52 PM BCDrums spake thus:


Yes. The figure 0.8A is the amount of *current* the wall wart can supply
(*please* don't use that ignorant term "amperage"!). The rule is this: as
long as the power supply (wall wart) can supply *at least* as much current
as the device (CD player) requires, preferably more, you're good to go.
(Assuming it's the correct voltage, of course.)


Now David, don't be too harsh. I was brought up as you were with the
educators who were trying to educate me insisting that there was no such
word as "amperage"

Not trusting the online sources I went to my copy of Webster's International
Dictionary. Not only did it define "amperage", it claimed it was dated from
1890 to 1895. I even used a little magnifier to be sure that it was not
listed as slang, archic, or argot. I also verified that the usage dated back
over a century an was not a modern contrivance.

I was going to check further with my good friend Tom Edison but he was busy
arguing with that foreign guy Tesla.

Charlie