Thread: Sony ICF-2010 with a 5 volt USB adaptor
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Default Sony ICF-2010 with a 5 volt USB adaptor
On Sep 11, 5:53*pm, John Smith wrote:
On 9/11/2010 3:04 PM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

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Has anyone run the radio with a 5 volt adaptor? Does it have a problem with
the 1/2 volt overage?

Thanks in advance,

Geoff.

- If you are really worried, perhaps better safe than sorry(?), drop a
- silicon diode in the line, in series with the supply, will drop the
- voltage ~0.68-0.75V.
-
- Regards,
- JS

JS - Why a Silicon Diode versus a Resistor
in the DC Output Line ? - iwtk ~ RHF
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