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Quick ques. re transformer rating for Tortoise...
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<p sab="812">[quote user="rrinker"]</p> <p sab="813"> Not at all. Again - the amp rating of a transformer or power supply is NOT how much power it will PUSH into a deivce - it is the limit on how much can be PULLED from the power supply. 1.5 amps should be good for about 80 Tortoises.</p> <p sab="814"> --Randy</p> <p sab="815"> [/quote]</p> <p sab="816">Thanks for the new knowledge....amps being pulled I mean.</p> <p sab="817">So, even if the transformer is unregulated and attached to one tortoise, the tortoise will only pull the right amount max 12 V from the extra voltage available from an otherwise7V device.</p>
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