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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: RE: low-tech ways to avoid polarity problemsRE: low-tech ways to avoid polarity problems
From: Chris Weaver <cweaver_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 21:10:58 -0600 It is a real shame that all coaxial power plugs couldn't be standard on polarity. The V2 doesn't even show voltage or polarity on the unit. IMHO the coaxial connectors should all be for low voltage DC, ground center, and even better would have been color coding for voltage! Who is to blame for this wall-wart mess? -----Original Message----- From: rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se [mailto:rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se] On Behalf Of George Michaelson Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 6:51 PM To: rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se Subject: low-tech ways to avoid polarity problems My non-archos charger wasn't clearly coded for polarity. In any case, it still wouldn't help if the tip and the cable separated, without clear +/- labelling. I was able to get it right, but with a removable tip, the risk is I'll muck it up some day when the tip comes off (as it does, frequently) So I used tip-ex to make a white stripe when the tip was on the correct polarity which lines up with its sister-mark on the cable. Now if the tip and cable separate, I can guarantee its gone back correctly. I also wrote the polarity onto the archos case. Less effective, but useful in emergencies. -George _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2004-03-18 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |