Thanks for the tip. I'll check out other chargers in the house. Robin
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Kin Wong <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry for the delayed response - hate typing on small keyboards. > > The power supply for a manufacturer is frequently interchangeable. Have a > look in your manual, the specs for the power adapter should be there. If > not, you can take your notebook to a store and see if you can plug it into > one of their adapters to test for fit. The important things are the plug-in > needs to fit, the polarity of the plug (+ve on the inside or the outside, it > is likely DC rather than AC, the charging voltage and finally the output > current which will be proportional to the power. > > The voltage of the adapter will not the same as for the battery - it is > frequently significantly higher. Has to be otherwise your battery will not > charge. There is usually a regulator inside the laptop and circuit that > gives it some intelligence regarding charging. For example my Dell laptop > has a charger at 19+ VDC but the battery is just under 11VDC. > > There are also a lot of people around with the same computer. You might > also want to try on kijiji for a local used netbook. Every consider getting > a second machine that uses the same charger - you don't have to necessary > end up buying it, but consider it and you can both get to try it and not the > power requirements. > > You might also have a look at organizations like ERA, they do electronic > recycling and they might come across an adapter that you require. > > Regards, > > Kin > > On 5/6/2011 8:25 PM, Richard Carter wrote: >> >> Hi Folks, >> >> I've lost the battery charger for my netbook (emachines eM350). >> Amazon has one on sale for only $18.90 + tax which they claim is >> suitable for an >> " Emachines Em350". " Output Voltage: 19V / Output Current: 2.1A / Power: >> 40W" >> >> I took out the battery from the netbook and it has written on it >> "10.8V...2200mAh 24Wh". >> >> Does anyone know whether the Amazon product would work with my netbook? >> >> Robin >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
