Comments on: Consolidateing “Wall-Wart” Power Supplies https://blog.model-train-help.com/2023/05/consolidateing-wall-wart-power-supplies.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=consolidateing-wall-wart-power-supplies Model railroads and model trains Wed, 21 Jun 2023 02:16:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Ken Holbrook https://blog.model-train-help.com/2023/05/consolidateing-wall-wart-power-supplies.html#comment-62780 Wed, 21 Jun 2023 02:16:16 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6702#comment-62780 In reply to David Stokes.

Hey David, walk worts are those small power supplies that plug into a power strip to provide power to a device. You’ve used them before countless times before. You get a walk wort with a cordless razor, an LED light, a cell phone charger. Just about anything that converts voltage from 120V AC to a reduced voltage (i.e. 12volts etc.) has been referred to as “wall worts” because they are these big ugly warts sticking out from your wall outlet.

]]> By: David Stokes https://blog.model-train-help.com/2023/05/consolidateing-wall-wart-power-supplies.html#comment-62496 Mon, 15 May 2023 03:04:32 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6702#comment-62496 In reply to Richard Aubel.

Richard, can you give that to me again- What is a wall wart, what is a power/voltage buck.

These expressions are lost on a flesh and blood Aussie.

]]> By: Richard Aubel https://blog.model-train-help.com/2023/05/consolidateing-wall-wart-power-supplies.html#comment-62449 Thu, 11 May 2023 02:31:14 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6702#comment-62449 Instead of wall worts which are limited in available power, use a laptop computer power supply/charger. You can use step down voltage bucks to supply lower voltage where needed. For example, the laptop charger will output 16 volts dc. You can connect as many voltage bucks as you need for lower voltages. If you need 3 volts for LED’s and 12 volts for animation and 5 volts for switch machines all you need to do is route the 16 volts through 3 voltage bucks and adjust them accordingly. Incidentally, voltage bucks cost less than $5 on many websites including eBay.

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