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Riba riba at ml1.net
Fri Aug 6 05:30:24 PDT 2004


> If you go to 'this mac', you will see that both busses prodice just 
> this 500 ma. They are _not_ allowed to produce  _more_ than that, since 
> there might be chances of frying connected devices.

I'm sorry, but this is so wrong.
'current' in Amperes in not something that is produced and then 'sent
out' to the connected devices. It is a capacity of the power source to
provide current to the connected devices. So you can power a device that
draws 50 mA with a power supply rated for 50 A, and there is no chance
to 'fry' the device.
Vise versa is possible though - the device that draws too much current
can fry the power supply that is not able to deliver.

> All this ends up to the fact that the speakers cannot and are not 
> allowed to eat up more than this 500ma. Meaning they can be connected 
> to any USB outlet that has this 500mw available!

_If_ 500 mA is all they require. Anyone has some hard facts here?



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