Re: TI-H: Back to backlighting!


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Re: TI-H: Back to backlighting!



Tony Lieuallen wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Alan Bailey wrote:
> 
> > > > So how does one simply (I stress simply) stup up the 6v to 120v at a safe
> > > > amperage?
> > > A transformer.  Transformers will increase voltage and decrease current,
> > > or decreasse voltage and increase current.
> > On a side note,
> > Could you do this backwards and run the calculator out of a wall socket?
> > :)  That would really save on batteries :)
> 
> It's possible, but dangerous.  The current coming out of the wall is not
> very steady.  You'd have to build something to make the electricity at a
> constant voltage.


It's not dangerous at all if you use a standard 6v DC adaptor.


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