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is it safe to use an old power converter?
james_s:
--- Quote from: jackthomson41 on February 23, 2019, 11:48:54 am ---Never take the chance, especially not at your home where you have family. My suggestion is to buy a new Power Converter & throw the old one out.
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Perhaps you could explain why precisely and what you base this on? Because it's a rather idiotic sounding comment. 20 years old is not exactly vintage, and older stuff is almost always far superior in build quality to newer stuff.
Cubdriver:
--- Quote from: jackthomson41 on February 23, 2019, 11:48:54 am ---Never take the chance, especially not at your home where you have family. My suggestion is to buy a new Power Converter & throw the old one out.
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Why? What do you base this on, since we've really not learned exactly what sort of converter it is? (And to the OP, some photos or info from the device's data plate would help us to judge its type.)
-Pat
nick_d:
I bought some cheap converters on ebay for this purpose. Inspecting the inside they seem to consist of only a triac of some sort. Definitely not trusting this with my U.S. NTSC Apple IIe!
If you can, open the case and post photo. This will enable us to tell you roughly how it works and if it's safe.
cheers, Nick
Nusa:
OP's description of "size of a fist" sounds more likely to be a transformer solution than anything else.
We may never know for sure. OP hasn't been back since the day he posted.
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