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Voltage with an AC adaptor not made by Canon

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Offline tcollin

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Voltage with an AC adaptor not made by Canon
« on: 19 / March / 2009, 06:42:51 »
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I bought a AC adaptor  (ACK800 clone) for my A590. On the screen it says 3.66v. With fully charged batteries il shows 2.6v. Is it normal ?
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Offline Hacki

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Re: Voltage with an AC adaptor not made by Canon
« Reply #1 on: 19 / March / 2009, 13:25:15 »
Probably. 3.6V is more than the original adapter would give to the camera, but it should be save up to around 3.9-4V (At this voltage, the camera starts to malfunction).

Upside of such a high voltage is a faster charging flash.
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Re: Voltage with an AC adaptor not made by Canon
« Reply #2 on: 02 / April / 2009, 09:48:56 »
The one I use is genuine Canon, stated output voltage is 3.15 volts, it shows 3.6 volts on OSD.
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Offline kyndal

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Re: Voltage with an AC adaptor not made by Canon
« Reply #3 on: 28 / April / 2009, 13:48:57 »
i just made a "dummy" battery  with a couple of diodes in series for the voltage drop.
powered from 5 volts, 

chdk reads 3,4V when "idle"

/Kyndal
« Last Edit: 28 / April / 2009, 14:10:35 by kyndal »
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