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Jan 11, 2007, 5:36 AM

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Under AMPing my modem

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I lost my wireless modem power adapter when our house was broken into and have not been able to find a new one. From Telmex I would need to buy another modem for $999

Anyway ... I started using the lower AMP adapter from a regular modem and it seems to be working fine. I wonder if the higher amperage is only used when you increase the wireless power output that is adjustable in the configs - from 1 to 10.

Wireless uses 2 amp and normal uses 1 amp

Sparks Mexico - Sparks Costalegre

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Jan 11, 2007, 8:47 AM

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Re: [sparks] Under AMPing my modem

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I think you should be Ok. Isn't this simply using something with greater capacity than is needed? To me it would be the same as using a 1,500 watt voltage regulator for example when plugging in appliances that are only drawing say 500 watts. I think you should be OK unless the true voltage supplied at your amperage draw is to high.

If it's not OK then I am in trouble, as I have done this rather often with other types of equipment