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DC Power Supply Question

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Armitage

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I bought a GoTo telescope recently ... it uses 8 AA batteries in series - 8*1.5V = 12V
The battery pack connects via a connector like you use for a 9V battery.

Is there any reason I couldn't take a 12V block transformer and solder one of these connectors to it to make myself a AC adaptor and save a bunch on batteries? Seems reasonable to me.
 
Originally posted by: woowoo
The transformer would give you AC
You need DC
A full wave rectifier is in order
Click to expand...

Well yea ... what I mean is one of those block things you plug into the wall that gives you DC for your electronic goodies. Transformer + Rectifier in one nice little package.
 
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