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Old 10-07-2016 | 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by froggie22
No not quite.

An AC charger has a power supply built it. (1 that plugs straight into the wall)

A DC charger needs a separate power supply (or a big 12-20v battery) as it does not have one built in.
By making a charger DC, manufactures can reduce the size of the charger and not limit themselves to small built in power supplies.

So if you have an AC charger, a power supply will do nothing for you.
thanks for the info!
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