AC to DC adaptors - Regulated vs Unregulated

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Anonymous Poster	AC to DC adaptors - Regulated vs Unregulated 09/09/2010 11:44 AM
	What is the difference between a regulated and an unregulated AC to DC adapter? What is the difference between a switching mode adapter and a non-switching mode adapter?
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Anonymous Poster	#1 Re: AC to DC adaptors - Regulated vs Unregulated 09/09/2010 12:20 PM
	Go to school to learn such basic thinks.
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Anonymous Poster	#2 In reply to #1 Re: AC to DC adaptors - Regulated vs Unregulated 09/09/2010 12:38 PM
	He/She is probably in school and wants someone else to do his/her work for them. Must be planning on being a slimy manager rather than an Engineer.
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peterg7lyq Guru Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2446 Good Answers: 60	#3 Re: AC to DC adaptors - Regulated vs Unregulated 09/09/2010 12:44 PM
	the regulated adapter is regulated to give a precise voltage. the un regulated is not regulated and the voltage fluctuates. surley you could have figured that out a switch mode uses an oscilator to acheicve the desired voltage and a non switch mode does not. Do you know how to use the search thing at the top of the page ? You type a question like "What is a regulated power supply" hit return and in the case of Google you get = http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=what+is+a+regulated+power+supply&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-SearchBox&ie=&oe=&rlz=1I7GZEU_en&redir_esc=&ei=wA6JTPKpK4zM4Aa7wJDSBA Now stop asking silly questions
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TonyS Guru Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Resting under the Major Oak Posts: 4347 Good Answers: 181	#4 Re: AC to DC adaptors - Regulated vs Unregulated 09/09/2010 7:00 PM
	Dear God; Is this what we've got to look forward to replacing us……. __________________ The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
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Anonymous Poster	#5 In reply to #4 Re: AC to DC adaptors - Regulated vs Unregulated 09/09/2010 7:53 PM
	Don't call me or anybody again "God" pup ,that ridiculous and ignorance. It is better for you to don't post rather than to do such daftly mistake.
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Rorschach Guru Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 3403 Good Answers: 150	#6 In reply to #4 Re: AC to DC adaptors - Regulated vs Unregulated 09/10/2010 9:48 AM
	Tony, I certainly don't look forward to it. There does seem to be a dearth of reading comprehension, or even the will to try to answer his or her own questions through research before dumping it in our lap isn't there? __________________ Who is John Galt?
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