[mythtv-users] OT: DC to AC power adapter wrong size

[Andrew Dodd]

Quoting Clay <claybo at pacbell.net>:

> Hey everyone, sorry for the off-topic message.  I didn't know where 
> else to post this.
> 
> I just got a PW-70A for my ME6000.  Before purchasing the PW-70A, I 
> e-mailed the folks at Logic Supply (logicsupply.com) with a question 
> regarding compatibility of a specific AC adapter with the PW-70A, and 
> referenced them to a page with measurements of the size of the plug on 
> this adapter.  They responded and said it is a size that will fit, and 
> will be compatible.  I just received the AC adapter and the PW-70A and 
> they just barely do NOT fit together.  (Cannot slip the DC end of the 
> adapter onto the PW-70A, although by looking at the ends of each they 
> look very close to fitting together.)
> 
> I don't know if the measurements on the web site were off or if I got 
> bad advice from Logic Supply, but to make a long story short, is it 
> acceptable to take some pliers or something and stretch out the DC end 
> of the adapter a tiny bit to get it to fit onto the PW-70A?  Or will 
> this cause serious damage that I'd rather avoid?  (The adapter is 
> otherwise completely compatible with the PW-70A -- 12 volts, etc, etc).

Cut off old plug on the adapter, strip wires, solder them onto a new plug
obtained for $1 or so at Rat Shack.  :)