hi martin that is very kind of you, i will find out that information tomorrow as the charger is in the ncbi and i will get back to you. the braille lite has a battery enclosed in the unit but maybe i can find out that information also. leave it with me and i will get back to you as soon as possible and thank you once again. jenny ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin O'Sullivan To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 9:24 PM Subject: [vip_students] Re: request Hi If you can find out the voltage on the back of the charger, perhaps I can get you one. There will be an input voltage of 240 and an output voltage of something else. the output voltage is what is required. along with the amps or more lightly the milli amps . also can the unit take batteries? if yes how many and what type? On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Eleanor Burke <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Jenny I do not think Maplin could help with that charger. If Blazie do not come up with it, there are a few lists in UK where you could try. One is the recycle list. Cannot think of the other. I feel really bad now because when my Braille Lite gave up, a problem with the Motherboard. i chucked away the charger too as I was so upset with it giving up and it was too expensive for me to get repaired -----Original message----- From: Jenny O'Brien Sent: 16/02/2012, 9:01 pm To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] Re: request hi gary, thanks for your prompt email, i am trying blazie at present but not holding out much hope as they don't manufacture braille lites anymore. where is maplin's located do you know. thanks for the information, jenny. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Worn" <garyworn@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "vip students" <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 6:47 PM Subject: [vip_students] Re: request > Jenny. > Here is a link to the manufactures. > > > http://www.blazie.co.uk/ > > Gary > Sent from Gary's iPhone > > Sent from Gary's iPhone > > On 16 Feb 2012, at 18:17, "Jenny O'Brien" <jeobrien5@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> hi fellow students, >> with permission from the moderator i would like to ask for the following: >> i am looking for a charger for my braille lite as mine has burned out and >> i can't use it. >> >> i have asked the ncbi but to know avail so i am wondering if anyone has >> one sitting in a drawer not being used would you oblige me with it. you >> could write to me through the list or off the list which ever suits. >> >> with grateful thanks, >> >> jenny o'brien. >> > > > -- Martin O'Sullivan "When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist." Hélder Câmara "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace" Jim Hendrix "Act your way into a feeling don’t feel your way into Action" (Gandhi) "Be the change you want to see in the world." (Gandhi) "We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." (Elie Wiesel ) Tel: +353878289243 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +353878289243 end_of_the_skype_highlighting web: www.PeopleBeforeProfit.ie E-mail martin_osullivan@xxxxxxxxxx Skype martin_osullivan Google talk osumartin yahoo messenger martinosullivanirl Street address 66 Edenmore Avenue Edenmore Dublin 5 Co Dublin Ireland