Vintage Charging Challenge – How to: Using modern wall warts to charge vintage gear

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In this video we learn all about wall warts, those ubiquitous power adapters that litter our walls and power strips. We’ll cover the types available back in the day compared to today and how we can safely use a modern power adapter to charge our vintage gear.

Timeline:
00:00 – Welcome
02:44 – Types of wall warts
06:37 – Let’s do some experiments
16:23 – Let’s look at some machines
30:15 – Wrap up, questions, thanks!

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