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Right power adapter for WAX206
According to the WAX206 manual, it uses 20W of power at max. It’s power adapter, however, delivers 12V @2.5A = up to 30W. I need to buy a replacement power adapter. It seems as if 12V @2A (yielding...
- The 12V @2A (yielding up to 24W) should be sufficient.
The reason for the more powerful one delivered is in the product standardisation, not a requirement.
The 12V @2A (yielding up to 24W) should be sufficient.
The reason for the more powerful one delivered is in the product standardisation, not a requirement.
The reason for the more powerful one delivered is in the product standardisation, not a requirement.
Yes, 2V @2A (up to 24W) should be ok for use.
- Thank you everyone.
I’m a bit of obsessive I guess, so I tried to match it as much as I can, regardless. The suggested original replacement is prohibitively expensive for me@Turkey, so I had to make do with what is available here.
I finally found a NETGEAR P030WE120B (2.5A with the right inner diameter for its pin, 2.1mm), and I’m using that one. It’s not exactly the one bundled with the European WAX206, but it was 125TRY = 4.83USD (this is about the price of such power adapters here).
Off-topic, but is there any major difference with this one and the proper replacement? I wanted to believe that it’s just an older model that was being bundled with some older router modems, but I guess it’s not that big of a deal anyway.
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