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cattrieu
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May 28, 2017
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Power adapter

Since I cannot find any information of the ouput voltage of the adapter, so does the power adapter shipped with Netgear Orbi support 220v/50Hz power network (non US standard)?
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  • st_shaw's avatar
    st_shaw
    Jun 10, 2017

    cattrieu The Orbi power adapter has the specs writtten on the side of it. It reads:

    Input 100-240V~50/60Hz 1.0A

    Output 12V 3.5A

     

    Most electronic devices sold today support 100-240V and 50/60Hz with a single power supply. All you need is a plug adapter to use them anywhere. 

cattrieu's avatar
cattrieu
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May 28, 2017

But how about the Hz? 50Hz?

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peteytesting
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May 28, 2017

secondary o/p is d/c so freq doesnt really matter

  • cattrieu's avatar
    cattrieu
    Tutor
    May 28, 2017

    It does matter since I bought an electronic device from overseas and the voltage input was 60Hz so there were some problems when I was using that device.

    • peteytesting's avatar
      peteytesting
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      May 29, 2017

      again it doesnt matter as the secondary output is DC which doesnt have frequency involved , frequency is an issue when the secondary is AC and thus passing on the 60hz frequency

       

      however all netgear dc adapters say 50/60mhz because it doesnt matter if the transformer is converting to DC

       

       

      • peteytesting's avatar
        peteytesting
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        May 29, 2017

        i will go as far to say that the only real important figures on ac - dc transformers are wattage and amperage , as almost all current / new transformers are 100/240v and 50/60mhz

         

        if you want to more have a read up on transformer theory