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Pro tip - label wall warts
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duckduck:
When I buy a new device that comes with an AC-DC converter / power supply / wall wart, I print up a label on the label maker for what the wall wart is for and stick it on the wall wart. This prevents me from having to do the dreaded "dig through the box of wall warts" and read the tiny writing on the underside of each one until I find a match, or, heaven forbid, using a lab bench power supply with an adapter.

EDIT: grammar

EDIT2: I have a Brother PT-D220. I like the Brother because knock-off labels are available for cheap. I have labels that I printed a couple of years ago that look like the day I printed them. HOLY CRAP there are shrink-tubing labels! I need those to mark audio and RF cables I make. Thanks for the tip! Now I have to figure out which Brother printer will work with the cheap knock-off shrink-tubing labels. I always work backwards like that when purchasing consumer gear that eats consumables.
mendip_discovery:
A few years ago I thought what would be nice is a AC to DC power supply that can have multiple addressed outputs which can be used to power the myriad of stuff that lives on or around my desk. But I don't have the skills or know-how to build it.

Does your label printer have a label on it, telling you its a label printer?
BrokenYugo:
That's actually one of the first things I did with my new label maker (Brother PTH111). The knockoff ~$2 cartridges work quite well for general purpose use, they stick good and peel off clean even after a trip through the dishwasher.

On the wall warts I label anything center negative on the wart and with a flag on the end of the cable to prevent mixups, label on all the center neg gear too, including the label maker.
berke:

--- Quote from: BrokenYugo on February 02, 2024, 07:05:56 pm ---That's actually one of the first things I did with my new label maker (Brother PTH111). The knockoff ~$2 cartridges work quite well for general purpose use, they stick good and peel off clean even after a trip through the dishwasher.

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OP's idea is good if you know your labels won't fade.  Last year I labeled the outlets etc. in my house with a Dymo and a knock-off cardtridge, they're now all faded, even those not seeing the sun.  I don't know if the heat from the adapter will help with the faading.  Maybe the old-style embossed labels would be better.


--- Quote ---On the wall warts I label anything center negative on the wart and with a flag on the end of the cable to prevent mixups, label on all the center neg gear too, including the label maker.

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What is the evolutionary advantage of a species that produces center negative adapters?
schmitt trigger:
One of those ideas, which you facepalm yourself, while thinking: “why didn’t I think of that myself? Its sooooo obvious.”
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