[OT] measuring DC wall wart

From: r. 'bear' stricklin <red_at_bears.org>
Date: Fri Jun 7 16:10:15 2002

On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Chris wrote:

> I think I am going to dig out the modem it goes to, and test the voltage
> with it hooked to that. That will at least give it real use load (the
> modem powers up just fine, it just fails to respond to all AT commands
> except for getting the firmware, and it won't attempt to go off hook or
> dial... I'm not 100% convinced the modem is really "dead" so much as it
> just doesn't want to co-operate).

Hey, you know what? I missed the beginning of this thread, but this is
exactly the sort of behavior you get from a modem which requires a 9V AC
power supply, when you run it with a 9V _DC_ supply.

ok
r.
Received on Fri Jun 07 2002 - 16:10:15 BST