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From: fiedler@netcom.COM (David Fiedler)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Cellular Telephone and Battery Life
Message-ID: <1991Jun29.050239.1625@netcom.COM>
Date: 29 Jun 91 05:02:39 GMT
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m937290@usna.NAVY.MIL (Midn. Norman R. Solis) writes:

>you cannot
>operate the phone with the AC adapter plugged in but you can with the DC
>adapter because 'the DC adapter cable supplies enough power to run the
>phone and trickle charge the battery.'  The current AC adapter is 12VDC @
>800 ma.  If I buy an adapter with a larger power rating (like 1200 or 1500
>ma) then should I be able to operate the phone from the AC adapter?  Both
>the DC and AC adapters plug into the same jack on the phone.

I'm almost positive you're right. The same thing happened when I bought my
Panasonic TP500. Instead of paying $85 for their AC adapter, I made one
from the supplied plug and a 1 amp power supply from Radio Snack. If
you're already at 800 ma. you can't be too far off. 
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