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1.2A appliance on 2A ?

First of all, sorry for my English (not my mother tongue) but I do hope it's understandable.

I've just bought a Bluetooth GPS receiver and it has the same type of plug as my Pocket PC. The two devices have pretty much the same AC adapter : the output is the same (5V) but the amperage differs (1.2A for the GPS and 2A for the PPC).

I was wondering whether I could plug the AC adapter of the PPC (2A) into my GPS receiver (1.2A) without risk.

Thanks for your reply, sorry for the rather basic/stupid question and for the average English.

Reply to
Jay
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The centre pin on the connector may be positive on one supply but negative on the other. You need to check this.

Otherwise, there is always risk when using a supply on a load for which it wasn't designed.

I would measure the voltages just to be sure - I don't trust labels. But, provided that you check the centre pin polarity, as above, you should be ok.

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Palindr☻me

OK thank you very much !

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Jay

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