-=PCTechTalk=- Electronics, not quite PC related....

Hi Gman
Happy Holidays to you too, and thanks for all the great info and assistance 
you've provided all of us over the years...  This forum, IMO, is one of the 
most helpful (and often delightful) PC info sites to be found anywhere on 
the planet!! ">})

Some further questions regarding this charging thing, and then I think I'll 
just drop it and go out and spend the #*^$^*  $25 for another damn plug 
wart...!
-If my recording device says it requires 5V and 2.0 amps current, and I 
already have a charger that puts out 5V and 1.5 amps current, would that 
still work and only charge the thing a little slower? Or would it be too 
weak to do the job at all? Or do I have it backasswards and my charger would 
be too powerful for the device?
(As you can see, I'm no electrical genius!) ">(

Also, I'm curious here: I thot that USB connections were just for exchanging 
data. How does it work then that my Tascam hand digital recorder (DR-1) 
would also get it's lithium battery charged by leaving it plugged in to my 
PC's USB connection? Is there 2.0 amps of current coming out of the USB 
connection then?  (-I don't get this at all??? ">})

Thanks again,
Greywoulf

<Hi Greywoulf,
 < Not only must the voltage match up, you also have to use one that pumps
<the same amount of current.  In other words, don't use one rated at 5VDC @
<800mA on a device looking for 5VDC @ 1.5A.  Every power transformer will
<have both pieces of info together on it somewhere.

<Happy Holidays,
<Gman

<"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"

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