Scoundrel days

knubie · 4th January 2007, 01:34 PM

Where is the best place to look for a suitable LT supply transformer 10-15V with 0.5 - 3 Amps capacity.

There must be millions of gadgets thrown away in the trash everyday, so why pay for this...

Maybe older, smaller transistor amps can be slayered as an organ donor?

Other electrical appliances come to mind?

DigitalJunkie · 4th January 2007, 04:33 PM

Maybe an old battery charger?
Some old printers used big linear supplies.

knubie · 4th January 2007, 09:38 PM

Cool, battery chargers I have, I'll check one for my old powertools, where there is no more power in the tool...
How old do you recon the printers have to be, before the mid nineties or so? thx

aletheian · 4th January 2007, 11:14 PM

Old printer power supplies... I get them for $1 at thrift stores. They range from 1-4 dozen volts from 2-5 amps or more depending on how beastly the printer is.

Also, old computer speaker subwoofer power supplies.

4th January 2007, 01:34 PM	#1
knubie diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bergen	Scoundrel days Where is the best place to look for a suitable LT supply transformer 10-15V with 0.5 - 3 Amps capacity. There must be millions of gadgets thrown away in the trash everyday, so why pay for this... Maybe older, smaller transistor amps can be slayered as an organ donor? Other electrical appliances come to mind? __________________ If it's stuck, force it... If it breaks, what the hell, it needed replacement anyways.... Amateurs fixing a fault: they succeed but then discover another fault in addition to the part they just broke....

4th January 2007, 09:38 PM	#3
knubie diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bergen	Cool, battery chargers I have, I'll check one for my old powertools, where there is no more power in the tool... How old do you recon the printers have to be, before the mid nineties or so? thx __________________ If it's stuck, force it... If it breaks, what the hell, it needed replacement anyways.... Amateurs fixing a fault: they succeed but then discover another fault in addition to the part they just broke....

4th January 2007, 11:14 PM	#4
aletheian diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Philly	Old printer power supplies... I get them for $1 at thrift stores. They range from 1-4 dozen volts from 2-5 amps or more depending on how beastly the printer is. Also, old computer speaker subwoofer power supplies. __________________ Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!

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