[Wolves] Much difference between 4.5v and 5v?

Matthew Revell wolveslug at understated.co.uk
Tue Mar 16 21:11:29 GMT 2004


Mo Awkati wrote:

>The lower voltage would not have cooked your router,
>however the current it delivers might have. For
>example you could have 4.5v but .125 amps or 4.5v but
>1 amp. So check the voltage as well as the current
>rating. It may just need resetting. usually there is a
>small hole which you can poke a paperclip end through
>and press the reset button, this action will restore
>factory settings. 
>  
>
Cheers for that Mo. I've just - finally - found my router's tech specs 
on the (it's an unbadged box, so its was a struggle). It takes 5v and 
2.5 A  in. I've been giving 4.7v and, well, the adaptor says 
"300mA3.6VA(MAX)". So, I guess it's somewhere between those two.



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