Are these wall wart type supplies, or terminals for input, or just transformers?

Mark G. Forbes wrote:

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> We're cleaning out and we've got some random 'stuff' to give
> away. Those of you who've participated in this sort of thing
> before know the drill, but I'll re-hash it for the benefit of
> those who don't.
>
> I have a bunch of surplus power supplies (like 1500 or so) that
> supply 24VAC at 400ma from 115VAC. I also have some 240VAC input
> types, with a 24VAC/700ma output rating. We've changed over to a
> switching supply due to increased loads in our system, so we won't
> be using these. We've talked to the surplus dealers, but they're
> not giving us offers that are all that interesting, so I'd just as
> soon *give* them to you noble, upstanding, worthy PICListers.
>
> They're packed 36 to a box, about 41 lbs/box. If you want some, here's
> what ya gotta do.
>
>  - Send me an email saying how many boxes you'd like. I'm not going to
>    break up boxes, since I don't have time to do it. If I start to run
>    short of units, I'll let you know that. Next......
>
>  - Send me a monetary unit (check, cash, MO, whatever) for the shipping
>    charges, UPS Ground, from Corvallis, Oregon to wherever-you-are. If
>    your address is a residence, add that UPS surcharge too. For a rate
>    calculator, see http://www.ups.com/using/services/rave/qcost.cgi, and
>    use 41 lbs as the weight, 15 x 17 x 9 inches, origin 97330, daily pickup,
>    'your packaging'. For example, to zone 8 (New York City), it's about
> $24/box.
>    For zone 4 (Silicon Valley) it's about $11.
>
>  - Include a shipping label with your name, address, city, state, zip, and
>    any other routing information that UPS may need. Remember that UPS can't
>    deliver to a PO Box number...they need a physical street address.
>
>  - I'll slap your label on a box, and leave it on the dock for the UPS
>    guy to haul off. You'll see it a week or so later.
>
>  - BTW, I also have a bag full of bridge rectifiers, about 4A types. If you
>    need some, to go with your power supplies, say so and I'll throw some in.
>    I might be able to find some capacitors too.....
>
> Other free stuff......
>
> We've got an assortment of nifty electronic 'stuff' around that we're going to
> have to get rid of. If you want to send along a 'quantity of monetary units'
> with a shipping label, I'll send back a box with a 'quantity of electronic
> stuff'
> proportional to the shipping cost. No garbage....if it's really junk, I'll
> toss it in the dumpster. But I hate to pitch perfectly good stuff just because
> we don't have a spot to park it anymore, or it's obsolete for future sale to
> our customers. I may have some small vacuum fluorescent displays, components,
> random PC stuff (anybody need a bunch of brand-new Token Ring cards?),
> motherboards,
> power supplies, LED display panels, speakers, sample parts, screws, nuts, etc.
>
> You don't get to pick anything specific, though if you have preferences I'll d
o
> what I can to accomodate them if I have a choice. We're moving our company
> headquarters down to Las Vegas, and squashing the office here in Corvallis dow
n
> to a smaller area. And we've outsourced our manufacturing, so we're getting ri
d
> of some of the stuff related to that. It's free to you, else it goes in the
> landfill, even if it's perfectly good. I only have so much space in my
> garage....
>
> FWIW, US Postal Service cheapo-parcel-post is about $10 more than UPS, so that
's
> why I suggest you just use the UPS prices. Slower, too.
>
> Mark G. Forbes, R & D Engineer  |  Acres Gaming, Inc.    (541) 766-2515
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