You get lousy regulation that way. Why not just add a little regulator? jim -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Douglas Fagan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I found the same on several of the higher current wall > warts I wanted to use on my KX1. To drop the > voltage to something I considered acceptable I put > a few silicon diodes in series with the wall wart supply. > Each diode drops the voltage about .7 volts. Has > worked ok for me. > de Doug, KJ4X > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
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