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   Thomas G. Marshall to All   
   Amp ratings of power adapters   
   20 Jan 08 15:13:05   
   
   XPost: sci.electronics.basics   
   From: tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail.com   
      
   Hugely fundamentally ignorant question.   
      
   If I have an electronics device that claims to take a power adapter of 12V   
   200mA, and I plug in one rated at 12V 800mA, will the device merely draw the   
   proper 200mA (because the voltages are matched)?   
      
   Or is there something about PA's that can somehow force too much current   
   into a device?   
      
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