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  • Re: What might this power adaptor be for?

    From Indy Jess John@bathwatchdog@OMITTHISgooglemail.com to uk.d-i-y on Sat Jun 20 11:18:19 2026
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    On 13/06/2026 16:19, HVS wrote:
    Doing some spring cleaning, I found a box of various AC-to-DC adpators looking for a suitable adaptor for a small portable fan which uses 4 C-
    Cells (so wants 6V DC).

    One of these appears to output 26V -- photo posted at

    http://whhvs.co.uk/temp/Adaptor.jpg

    I have absolutely no idea what this might have come with -- AFAIK, I
    don't have anything that would need anywhere near that sort of voltage.

    Any ideas what sort of kit this would have belonged to? I had a
    cordless screwdriver and a portable tyre inflator some years ago, both
    of which were fairly useless and were discarded. Could it have been
    for either of those?

    Cheers,
    Harvey


    I have a power adaptor delivering 30V at 333ma which powers an old HP
    printer. So perhaps you once had an old printer to go with your power
    supply?

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  • From HVS@office@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk to uk.d-i-y on Sat Jun 20 17:25:29 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.d-i-y

    On 20 Jun 2026, Indy Jess John wrote

    On 13/06/2026 16:19, HVS wrote:
    Doing some spring cleaning, I found a box of various AC-to-DC
    adpators looking for a suitable adaptor for a small portable fan
    which uses 4 C- Cells (so wants 6V DC).

    One of these appears to output 26V -- photo posted at

    http://whhvs.co.uk/temp/Adaptor.jpg

    I have absolutely no idea what this might have come with --
    AFAIK, I don't have anything that would need anywhere near that
    sort of voltage.

    Any ideas what sort of kit this would have belonged to? I had a
    cordless screwdriver and a portable tyre inflator some years ago,
    both of which were fairly useless and were discarded. Could it
    have been for either of those?

    Cheers,
    Harvey


    I have a power adaptor delivering 30V at 333ma which powers an old
    HP printer. So perhaps you once had an old printer to go with
    your power supply?

    That could have been the case, but I think the posters who traced it
    to a (long-abandoned) cordless stick vacuum cleaner were correct.
    --
    Cheers, Harvey






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