Source for wall warts?
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Mr Happy
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Try to find people who are disposing of old electronics. Practically every electronic device thrown away or recycled has a wall wart.
nasa779
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google electronics surplus... youll find everything and then some
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McAllan
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Depends where you live.
If you live in the US I guess Radio Shack you be a good source. If living in Europe there's Conrad and ELV and if you live in DK then Elextra, Batteribyen, batterier.dk, elektronik-lavpris.dk and more are suitable places.
As others say. Old electronics are good sources. I have a ton of them since if they work when I throw out the related item I usually keep the wall warts. That also means whenever a wall wart quits I usually have a suitable replacement on hand.
Many people don't realize that it's two different independent electronic units. People call them "chargers" and believe they only works with the device they came with while in reality they're just power supplies usable for just about anything if the specifications match (and of course it's OK to use a power supply capable of delivering 2 A with an item only requiring 1 A - a lot of people are confused about that - in fact it'll last much longer since it's not running on the edge).
If you want them cheapest possible then flea markets are also good sources. Many sellers even have baskets full of them for literally pennies each. If you live near Copenhagen I know a few good permanent places to look - open every weekend almost all year round.
If you live in the US I guess Radio Shack you be a good source. If living in Europe there's Conrad and ELV and if you live in DK then Elextra, Batteribyen, batterier.dk, elektronik-lavpris.dk and more are suitable places.
As others say. Old electronics are good sources. I have a ton of them since if they work when I throw out the related item I usually keep the wall warts. That also means whenever a wall wart quits I usually have a suitable replacement on hand.
Many people don't realize that it's two different independent electronic units. People call them "chargers" and believe they only works with the device they came with while in reality they're just power supplies usable for just about anything if the specifications match (and of course it's OK to use a power supply capable of delivering 2 A with an item only requiring 1 A - a lot of people are confused about that - in fact it'll last much longer since it's not running on the edge).
If you want them cheapest possible then flea markets are also good sources. Many sellers even have baskets full of them for literally pennies each. If you live near Copenhagen I know a few good permanent places to look - open every weekend almost all year round.
flea markets, garage sales, and thrift stores. I have picked up some 12-15v 1+ amp wallwarts for a dollar or two at them. I recommend "stocking" the following: 12v, 9v, 6V, 4.5v, 3v. 500ma is a good starting current amount with the larger voltage ones being higher current. almost all walwarts have center pin + on them and over half of them use the same standard plug size. You can use a larger ma walwart on anything as long as the voltage is identical and in some cases if needed you can use a smaller voltage walwart that puts out higher current and it may work too, like using a 6v 700ma walwart on something needing 9v 500ma but YMMV as sometimes you won't get full output (boomboxes on high). Things that use batteries will sometimes run at less voltage fine off a walwart because they are designed to run alkalines dead to 1v each so a 6 cell device would start at 9v and stop running about 5-6v because the batteries have no power left in them at that level.
