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Default Wrong 12V plug on PSU for computer monitor?

Roger Mills wrote:

Be very careful! If the two power supplies have different IDs, it's for
a good reason. One will be stabilised and the other won't. An
unstabilised supply will produce a much higher voltage under no load
conditions, and relies on the load to bring the voltage down to the
required level. The plugs are designed to be different in order to make
them non-interchangeable. If you use an unstabilised supply with
something which requires the supply to be stabilised, damage may occur!


Cor, where you been living for 10 years? They're all switched mode these
days and churn out the whatever voltage it says on the label. Different
sized plugs is manufacturers playing silly buggers.

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Scott

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