Laptop Adapter Blown! Can i buy any other adapter?

[joshuakr]

Hi y'all!

My Acer Travelmate 433LC came with a LITEON power adapter rated 19V and 4A

The other day, some power surge in the wall outlet blew me adapter to kingdom come. Thankfully, the laptop wasnt plugged into the power supply.

Now, out where i am rite now, findin a LITEON adapter will mean i go huntin for a looong while. My questions are...

1. Laptops run on DC Batteries rated at 12V rite? So why do i need a 19V adapter?

2. Can i buy an IBM/Compaq adapter that's rated say 15V and 3.5A?


Help needed urgently :-( My next term starts in a couple of weeks...and not havin a laptop will mean i'll be in the poorhouse :-(

Thank y'all in advance for the advice.

PS: posted this in the Laptops section too :-D

 

[Arcanedeath]

Look on the bottom of your laptop it generaly will tell you what the needed volts and amps are to power and recharge the battery in your laptop. the Laptops batteries are not necessarily 12V it depends totaly on the laptop. Also as long as you still have your old Power supply you can prolly replace it w/ any other Power brick that also has at least 19V and 4 amps and the same connector w/ the same polarity, you could try one of those car kit / travelers power supplies, it may be easier to fine than a power brick w/ your specific requirments. Hope this helps...

 

[gsaldivar]

Is this what you need?

 

[joshuakr]

thank you both!

looks to me like i need to buy an Acer adapter. i finally got thru to acer support here...and they tell me the polarity is specific to acer laptops...

so the hunt begins

thanks for the EBay link. But i'm in india. and the shippin costs alone wud double the price

joshua.