On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:15:58 -0700, Smitty Two
wrote:

In article ,
David Nebenzahl wrote:

[1] "Nominal" meaning what's printed on the wall wart, even if it does
deliver some higher voltage with no load, which it will undoubtedly do,
since it is no doubt an unregulated power supply.

Wall warts are switching power supplies these days, David.
The good ones are - but the one that came with his old Panasonic most
likely is not (mine isn't)