Author: Joshua Lee
Date: 08:19:48 03/14/03
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On March 13, 2003 at 22:58:35, Thomas McBurney wrote: >On March 13, 2003 at 22:20:05, Joshua Lee wrote: > >>Hello I recently purchased a Fidelity Chess challenger "10" from ebay which >>turns out to run off australian mains power. oh yea i'm in the US. >>Well i need to know some details like if it's ac or dc what power adapter i can >>use etc. I know i keep getting myself into these messes i.e the BORIS without >>the adapter. hehe I would appreciate it if someone would help. >> >>Thankyou > > >Australia uses 240V AC, but I don't think this is important information to fix >your problem. > >All you need to do is replace your power adapter. The only important bits you >need to worry about is the power adapters output voltage, current and the >size/type of plug that plugs into your chess computer. This information should >already be written on the existing Australian power adaptor. Just take the >existing power supply to your local Radio Shack and the sales guy there should >find it easy to find a replacement for you. > >Cheers, >Tom. Can i take the original adapter off the Chess challenger and still make it run? I do know people who have had electronics training but are'nt engineers. The only problem i would see is not having scematics. there are two wires coming out of the chess challenger that go to a small heavy metal block with the numbering i mentioned before then two wires continue on from this block onto the plug and that's that. it's strange why now adays companies have a female connection for an adapter but back then they apparently didn't do that. there is no way to plug anything into the chess challenger but there is either changing the electrics or getting a Power converter for travelers. So if i knew what a store would tell you for example if you went to them with my problem then i could just order the converter from online somewhere this would be the easiest solution.
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