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jonny

Jan 1, 1970
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i have a board cam and im going to hook up a 12 vac transformer to it.
the end is cut off and i need to know witch wire is the + or _ one
wire is solid color tha other has white stripe on it.
thank,s jonny
 
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Rheilly Phoull

Jan 1, 1970
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jonny said:
i have a board cam and im going to hook up a 12 vac transformer to it.
the end is cut off and i need to know witch wire is the + or _ one
wire is solid color tha other has white stripe on it.
thank,s jonny
If you will be using AC it doesn't matter, if you are talking about the DC
output from a plugpack it would be advisable to check on the Cam board. You
should be able to work out the polarity by looking at the electrolytic
capacitors and following one of the connections to the cable. Most likely
the easiest would be following the common ground tracks.
 
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Sam Goldwasser

Jan 1, 1970
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Rheilly Phoull said:
If you will be using AC it doesn't matter, if you are talking about the DC
output from a plugpack it would be advisable to check on the Cam board. You
should be able to work out the polarity by looking at the electrolytic
capacitors and following one of the connections to the cable. Most likely
the easiest would be following the common ground tracks.

Assuming it is DC which is almost certain, you need to make sure your
adapter puts out DC and that it's output voltage is close to 12 V.

An unregulated wall adapter may put out much more than the rated output
voltage under a small load. I've seen some go 2X or more! So, both
polarity and output voltage should be checked with a multimeter before
hooking it up and frying something.

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Ross Mac

Jan 1, 1970
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Do you mean you are hooking up a "wall wort"? That would be DC and the
polarity could be easily checked with a voltmeter. Good luck, Ross
 
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red

Jan 1, 1970
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Could still be an AC transformer. If it is AC, the solid wire will be the
HOT wire and the wirw with the white stripe will be the neutral. If it is DC
the Solid will be the positve wire.
 
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Sam Goldwasser

Jan 1, 1970
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red said:
Could still be an AC transformer. If it is AC, the solid wire will be the
HOT wire and the wirw with the white stripe will be the neutral. If it is DC
the Solid will be the positve wire.

Excuse me? Neutral on the secondary of a wall adapter transformer? :)

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