Or so I think...and hope!
I was searching for a 110 to 220 V power converter (JPN to Italian plug) and found one of those travel adapters with omni sockets and interchangeable plugs and before plugging in all the expensive equipment I tested the cheap one...apparently that power converter could support up to 250v.
The Nitho Wiimote charger had no problems in accepting the new coverter, but it has its own integrated 100-240 power brick, so the PC Engine Duo-R was next in line.
The moment I plugged in the power brick with the travel adapter to the wall socket I heard a buzzing noise, but of course I tried to turn on the console...it run for five seconds then no more video and audio signal. Oh Joy.
I've tried to plug the PCE brick into the old but power converter (which I used happily with a JPN GC for quite some time) but I wasn't lucky enough.
So, dead PCE. Or is it just a dead power supply? Anyone knows where to find one for a Duo-R, without buying the whole console again?
Now I'm starting to wonder if the travel adapter is simply and adapter and not a true converter (as the one I already have it's much bigger, heavier and accepts only JPN plugs) so it's fine with universal 100-240 power bricks but not with 110 only bricks...the PCE brick was old (obviously) and I haven't used it in a while, maybe it's only due to time, but now I'm suspicious of using that damned adapter and I don't know what I should be searching for a new converter.
I need to convert this:
専用ACアダプターにより供給
電圧:DC 11V 最大消費電流:2A
(http://www.micomsoft.co.jp/xrgb-3_spec.htm)
Any suggestion on the specs the converter should have?
Current converter has an output of 110v 75W, input of 230v 50hz and happilily supplied a GC, a PCE (well, supplied) and the Nitho Wiimote charger.
I was searching for a 110 to 220 V power converter (JPN to Italian plug) and found one of those travel adapters with omni sockets and interchangeable plugs and before plugging in all the expensive equipment I tested the cheap one...apparently that power converter could support up to 250v.
The Nitho Wiimote charger had no problems in accepting the new coverter, but it has its own integrated 100-240 power brick, so the PC Engine Duo-R was next in line.
The moment I plugged in the power brick with the travel adapter to the wall socket I heard a buzzing noise, but of course I tried to turn on the console...it run for five seconds then no more video and audio signal. Oh Joy.
I've tried to plug the PCE brick into the old but power converter (which I used happily with a JPN GC for quite some time) but I wasn't lucky enough.
So, dead PCE. Or is it just a dead power supply? Anyone knows where to find one for a Duo-R, without buying the whole console again?
Now I'm starting to wonder if the travel adapter is simply and adapter and not a true converter (as the one I already have it's much bigger, heavier and accepts only JPN plugs) so it's fine with universal 100-240 power bricks but not with 110 only bricks...the PCE brick was old (obviously) and I haven't used it in a while, maybe it's only due to time, but now I'm suspicious of using that damned adapter and I don't know what I should be searching for a new converter.
I need to convert this:
専用ACアダプターにより供給
電圧:DC 11V 最大消費電流:2A
(http://www.micomsoft.co.jp/xrgb-3_spec.htm)
Any suggestion on the specs the converter should have?
Current converter has an output of 110v 75W, input of 230v 50hz and happilily supplied a GC, a PCE (well, supplied) and the Nitho Wiimote charger.
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