Power adapter

Hi, I have an Aspire one AOA150. My dog ate my power supply cord. I was doing some research and I think a Dell mini 9 cord might work. From the pictures I've seen, I like the one piece design of this cord much better. Has anyone happened to try this? thanks.

 

This looks pretty nice and cheap: http://cgi.ebay.ie/Mains-Charger-AC-Ada ... 240%3A1318

 

Yes it does, but I should have mentioned I'm in the U.S.

I was looking at this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Genuine-Del...5|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:50

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/AC-Adapter-Power-Co ... dZViewItem

This is the one I bought for traveling with my Acer. I hate the Acer standard charger/cord as the cord is quite bulky with the 3 wire (grounded) version. Note that this one only has 2 wires and comes with the 2 prong plug. On a recent trip to Phoenix, it worked well for me.

I don't know why the Acer One comes with the grounded cord. EVERY other laptop I've owned came with a 2 prong cord. Pain in the rear IF you need to plug into an extension cord. Also, I'm thinking the 3 prong plug MAY have problems in world wide travel. Yes, I know the charger does 110/200, but if you can't plug it in, you're out of luck. And yes, there is a fix IF you don't mind bending off the ground plug, but you're still left with the ugly 3 wire cord.

Come on Acer, get with the program.

 

Call the http://store.acer.com/ at 866-514-2237, give them your serial number & they'll send you out a new one.
I wanted an extra one for the office and for $19.56 shipped next day, you can't beat it.

 

I wish everything had a ground connection. It makes for a postive trip on a breaker if the supply shorts out, provides more protection for the power supply, and gives the internal regulator a true reference to ground if the design calls for it.

 

This is certainly not the case for modern electrical installations in the UK. The old ELCB (earth leakage circuit breaker) did rely on an earth connection, but I haven't used one of those for 15 years. The device usually used now is a RCD (residual current device) which senses a difference between the current in the live and neutral connectors and trips when it exceeds a set value. It operates whether there is an earth connection or not.

 

As does the GFI device here but not all circuits are protected by this device. Only outdoor and near plumbing. In fact older older homes and businesses don't have this at all. Finally, a clear path to ground in cases of a short/shunt is always good engineering.

 

I can see your side. However, the 2 recent IBM Thinkpads and the Sony laptop I had came with the 2 prong plug. I carry an extension cord for those longer "airport" reaches from my seat to an available wall plug. I'm too old to be sitting on the floor and why should I anyway? With the standard 3 prong plug, its necessary to also carry a 3 prong to 2 prong converter in order to use an extension cord. And there isn't anyway I'm going to carry a heavy duty 3 prong extension cord. Anyway, 95% or more of my charging is done at home on my 3 prong cord.

Even my $1600 Apple MacBook comes with a 2 prong charging cord and I believe their $2500 MacBook Pro also uses the same type of plug. I'm willing to take a chance that my $300 Acer won't short out on the few trips I take.

So, unless there's some slock thing about the Acer that needs the extra protection, I betting China only goes with the 3 prong because they don't know any better or maybe the "mains" in China are more apt to overload.

 

I've just moved from a 7" ASUS Eee, and while there's much to like about the Aspire One, I really miss the Eee's compact PSU (a smallish "wall wart" with two folding US-style pins, covered when necessary by a slide-on adaptor for other countries' plugs - great for travel!), rather than the comparatively bulky "brick" and 3-pin mains cable the One uses.

Why?????