Re: TI-H: Back to backlighting!
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Tony Lieuallen wrote:
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> On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Alan Bailey wrote:
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> > > > So how does one simply (I stress simply) stup up the 6v to 120v at a safe
> > > > amperage?
> > > A transformer. Transformers will increase voltage and decrease current,
> > > or decreasse voltage and increase current.
> > On a side note,
> > Could you do this backwards and run the calculator out of a wall socket?
> > :) That would really save on batteries :)
>
> It's possible, but dangerous. The current coming out of the wall is not
> very steady. You'd have to build something to make the electricity at a
> constant voltage.
It's not dangerous at all if you use a standard 6v DC adaptor.
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