...the female power receptacles for small electronics? I bought a universal power adapter and I'm trying to adapt it to some "battery only" gadgets...completely baffles me that they make baby gadgets that are 4~8 D-cell powered but don't have optional a/c adapters. Right now I got one working with some alligator clips and some flat spades wedged between the batteries and terminals, but I want to hardwire a female receptacle in so it looks a bit less ghetto. I want to get about a dozen of these things so I can wire up all my gadgets.
Mak, there are dozens of sizes. Check out a Radio Shack for several of them. Just be careful of polarity when you wire them! Some of them might be damaged by reversed polarity.
As far as specific names, males are plugs and females are jacks.
DC Power Barrel jack...found out from a techy on a local forum. Thanks!
Quote from: makenzie71 on October 25, 2009, 08:18:37 PM
...the female power receptacles for small electronics? I bought a universal power adapter and I'm trying to adapt it to some "battery only" gadgets...completely baffles me that they make baby gadgets that are 4~8 D-cell powered but don't have optional a/c adapters. Right now I got one working with some alligator clips and some flat spades wedged between the batteries and terminals, but I want to hardwire a female receptacle in so it looks a bit less ghetto. I want to get about a dozen of these things so I can wire up all my gadgets.
I feel your pain, I too am frustrated by a lack of female receptacles.
I would guess they dont make em w/ cords is because it could strangle the baby?
Quote from: makenzie71 on October 25, 2009, 08:18:37 PM
...the female power receptacles for small electronics?
The only words that come to mind are "robot naughty place", and I appologize for that because I'm 26 and and should be a good 6 years over those kind of responses.
the nonsense responses would only bother me if I hadn't gotten the correct one.
Quote from: makenzie71 on October 25, 2009, 08:18:37 PM
...the female power receptacles for small electronics? I bought a universal power adapter and I'm trying to adapt it to some "battery only" gadgets...completely baffles me that they make baby gadgets that are 4~8 D-cell powered but don't have optional a/c adapters. Right now I got one working with some alligator clips and some flat spades wedged between the batteries and terminals, but I want to hardwire a female receptacle in so it looks a bit less ghetto. I want to get about a dozen of these things so I can wire up all my gadgets.
Stereo plug ? available in 2 or 3 terminal varieties as well as in many diameters, 2.5, 3.5, professional etc etc ...
Cool.
Buddha.
No one is getting near my female recepticle :flipoff:
Mary