Hello, people.
i am not sure if this question belongs to this forum section exactly, but since there already are some queries here about power transformer, let's give it a try.
So, I have this old but very well preserved Casio SA-20 ToneBank keyboard. It is powered either by five 1.5V AA bateries, or via a power adapter, so its operating voltage is 7.5V. The power adapter input jack also states 7.5V DC In. Now, since this keyboard was never supplied with a PT, but actually came with test bateries included, I decided to try to buy an adapter for it. I know I could have just gone along with a universal power adapter, but I wanted to make everything original as I still have even the original box for this keyboard and would like to keep it for nostalgic reasons.
So, looking at the SA-20's specs, it says that its power consumption is 1.6W and that the adapter should be 7.5V (outer +, inner - on the plug), model Casio AD-1 (which I found to be 7.5V, 400mA, 7W power adapter, but it works on 120VAC - which wouldn't work where I live).
So, I managed to find an original Casio new old stocke model AD-1GL, which is as in the images, everything regarding the specs corresponds.
The keyboard works with it, BUT, upon measuring the actual DC voltage which this AD-1GL adapter outputs, it is nowhere near 7.5V as rated, but is 12.8V instead. I even asked Casio and they basically wrote almost everything which is in the specs I already have.
So, my question is, is this 12.8V DC, 0,4A and 10W power adapter an overkill for this 7.5V 1.6W keyboard?
Thanks in advance as always, cheers.
i am not sure if this question belongs to this forum section exactly, but since there already are some queries here about power transformer, let's give it a try.
So, I have this old but very well preserved Casio SA-20 ToneBank keyboard. It is powered either by five 1.5V AA bateries, or via a power adapter, so its operating voltage is 7.5V. The power adapter input jack also states 7.5V DC In. Now, since this keyboard was never supplied with a PT, but actually came with test bateries included, I decided to try to buy an adapter for it. I know I could have just gone along with a universal power adapter, but I wanted to make everything original as I still have even the original box for this keyboard and would like to keep it for nostalgic reasons.
So, looking at the SA-20's specs, it says that its power consumption is 1.6W and that the adapter should be 7.5V (outer +, inner - on the plug), model Casio AD-1 (which I found to be 7.5V, 400mA, 7W power adapter, but it works on 120VAC - which wouldn't work where I live).
So, I managed to find an original Casio new old stocke model AD-1GL, which is as in the images, everything regarding the specs corresponds.
The keyboard works with it, BUT, upon measuring the actual DC voltage which this AD-1GL adapter outputs, it is nowhere near 7.5V as rated, but is 12.8V instead. I even asked Casio and they basically wrote almost everything which is in the specs I already have.
So, my question is, is this 12.8V DC, 0,4A and 10W power adapter an overkill for this 7.5V 1.6W keyboard?
Thanks in advance as always, cheers.
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