There's a good chance that a wallwart adapter marked "12V" is really more
like 13.5V or greater. I just bought some surplus adapters for use around
the lab and the 12V models are 20V, under load, (which is unusually high and
may be why they were 'surplus') and the 5V Nokia adapters are 6V, loaded.

-Shawn


Kieren Johnstone wrote:
> > It's sort of a bonus, because as far as I can tell 13V adapters are
>"rare" -
> > only 12V then 15V are commonly used.  But still, does the "regulated 12V
> > adapter" mean I don't need a regulating circuit?  I just "connect the
> > terminals"?


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