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Using a standard cell phone charger (USB) as power supply for Nixie project
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Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Using a standard cell phone charger (USB) as
power supply for Nixie project
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On Friday, 3 August 2012 17:12:49 UTC+1, nixiebunny wrote:
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> On 8/3/12 9:10 AM, Nick wrote:
> > Do the sums - 200V @ 10mA == 5V @ 400mA with 100% efficiency.
> He's not proposing to power it from a computer, but from a charger.
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> Ummm. note my comment "yes , I know that this is not being driven from a
PC"...
It was a general comment about the risks of using USB ports...
Nick
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On Friday, 3 August 2012 17:12:49 UTC+1, nixiebunny wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;">On 8/3/12 9:10 AM, Nick wrote:
<br>> Do the sums - 200V @ 10mA == 5V @ 400mA with 100% efficiency.
<br>He's not proposing to power it from a computer, but from a charger.
<br><br></blockquote><div>Ummm. note my comment "yes , I know that this is not being driven from a PC"...</div><div><br></div><div>It was a general comment about the risks of using USB ports...</div><div><br></div><div>Nick </div>
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