But 12V dvd player into 24V socket and its Dead,What parts inside need looking at?

[David Harris]

Hi all, got a Panasonic Portable DVD Player (DVD-L50) which has a 9V power
input.

The power convertor is a 12V car one which output be switched to 9V, but the
person plugged the thing into a 24V truck socket and it stopped working, no
suprise!

The power convetor works fine, so its not that, what damage would have been
done to the DVD player?

What components need testing/ replacing?

Thankyou!

Scott

 

[Sam Goldwasser]

Hi all, got a Panasonic Portable DVD Player (DVD-L50) which has a 9V power
input.

The power convertor is a 12V car one which output be switched to 9V, but the
person plugged the thing into a 24V truck socket and it stopped working, no
suprise!

The power convetor works fine, so its not that, what damage would have been
done to the DVD player?

What components need testing/ replacing?

Anything from a fuse to the DVD player. Someone will have to do the
testing needed to determine what burnt up. Equipment is generally not
very forgiving of overvoltage with an essentially unlimited current.

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[Dave D]

Hi all, got a Panasonic Portable DVD Player (DVD-L50) which has a 9V power
input.

The power convertor is a 12V car one which output be switched to 9V, but the
person plugged the thing into a 24V truck socket and it stopped working, no
suprise!

The power convetor works fine, so its not that, what damage would have been
done to the DVD player?

What components need testing/ replacing?

Thankyou!

Scott

Probably the whole player.

Dave

 

[LASERandDVDfan]

The power convertor is a 12V car one which output be switched to 9V, but the

person plugged the thing into a 24V truck socket and it stopped working, no
suprise!

Find a baseball bat and beat the crap out of whoever did this to your player,
especially if they don't offer to pay you back for the loss.

One way you can determine whether or not the damage is severe is to actually
sniff the player, especially around the power inlet.

If it smells burnt up on the inside, the player is, for all intents and
purposes, a piece of toast sandwiched between aluminum body parts.

If you can't smell anything, then it's possible that you could get it fixed,
but the possibility that the damage may be too extensive is still very likely.
- Reinhart