Thanks

point taken and understood,


Regards

Wayne



On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 15:44 -0500, RB wrote:
> On 7/30/07, Wayne Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Would using 2 amp (or higher) supplies cause any damage to the units?
> 
> Nope.  The rating simply indicates what "rate of flow" the transformer
> is capable of providing.  If you think of amperage as a physical
> force, a transformer cannot "push" power any faster than the device
> will consume ("pull") it.  However, if you attach a device that
> requires more amperage than a transformer can provide, it tries to but
> overheats and burns up like an expensive fuse.  There's far more to
> that analogy, but it should cover this example.
> 
> That said, 1.5A should be plenty to run a typical 4801 - I'm running
> two moderately loaded 4501s on 1.7A with no problem.
> 
> RB

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