Universal AC/DC adaptor settings

[tenplay]

I have an old Centurion universal AC/DC adaptor (Model EA10), that I
want to use with my CD and audiotape players. But I seem to have lost
the manual. Its specs are:

INPUT: 120V 60 Hz 12 W
OUTPUT: 3,4,5,6,7.5,9,12 V
CURRENT: 500 mA

What should I set the Volt Change Switch to? Thanks.

 

[Peter Bennett]

I have an old Centurion universal AC/DC adaptor (Model EA10), that I
want to use with my CD and audiotape players. But I seem to have lost
the manual. Its specs are:

INPUT: 120V 60 Hz 12 W
OUTPUT: 3,4,5,6,7.5,9,12 V
CURRENT: 500 mA

What should I set the Volt Change Switch to? Thanks.

Set the output voltage to match the requirements of the CD or
audiotape player.


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[tenplay]

Set the output voltage to match the requirements of the CD or
audiotape player.

My tape player requires 1.5V, so I guess I am out of luck. Thanks for
your helpful response.

 

[Dave]

My CD and Tape player uses TWO 1.5 volt batteries so the voltage is
really 3 volts. You may want to recheck this.
Dave

 

[CWatters]

My tape player requires 1.5V, so I guess I am out of luck. Thanks for
your helpful response.

A tape player that runs on 1.5V seems a bit unlikely but I guess it's
possible. I can't really remember what tapes are

 

[tenplay]

My CD and Tape player uses TWO 1.5 volt batteries so the voltage is
really 3 volts. You may want to recheck this.
Dave

My tape player 9Sony Walkman) uses only one 1.5 battery. And 1.5V is
stamped next to where the adaptor cord plugs in. The lowest setting on
the adaptor is 3V. Thanks anyway.

 

[Raymond Arritt]

My tape player requires 1.5V, so I guess I am out of luck. Thanks for
your helpful response.

Maybe you could put two diodes in series with the 3V output. Voltage
drop across a silicon PN junction is about 0.7 volts, so two diodes in
series would drop the 3V close to 1.5 V (considering a 1.5V battery
isn't precisely 1.5V anyway).