Can someone tell me what the fuck the point is behind this power adaptor?

Can someone tell me what the fuck the point is behind this power adaptor?

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Um, power supply, I guess?

yeah but the input is exactly the output, lel fucking Australia.

It flips the electricity upside down?

Open it up and show us the internal components.

Likely a housing for a fuse at the wall outlet as opposed to the device it powers.

To smuggle drugs

Likely, but i'll have to open it up to see, unfortunately i'm away from the shop ATM, but when I get back there later today i'll open it up and take some pics if thread isn't 404'd by then.

Please do, or make a new thread with the same image as this one

What is the power adapter for?

Please do.

Also, you act like any device ever should be hardwired to the walls. Then how do you move the giant freezer or whatever to clean behind it?

Lol, I actually just had to use one of these for a TV. The tv ended up not working though

How about just a fucking plug without a stupid huge brick?

I was about to call OP stupid until I took a closer look and saw that it's a brick that converts 240v50hz electricity to 240v50hz.
It probably contains some safety stuff like a fuse, voltage regulator and a surge protector. I'm not entirely sure, though.

that's a bit huge to be just a fuse.
I'm betting it tries to reduce line noise.

Well I looked at the website on the label and they seem to make a lot of equipment for lighting, so my guess would be that it is ballast or something for some lighting equipment.

But OP needs to reply on what it is for to be sure.

It bends the cord 90 degrees and you sell it as a duplex cable for 250% more. Cables are the biggest money maker for many sellers.

It's an isolation transformer. For what? Who the fuck knows.

isolation transformer

Emu buttplug.

>pro-hint: the Emu Overlords aren't the ones who wear them

>Emus are taking over
I've got this

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolation_transformer

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War
Except you'll lose again.

Still waiting for op

Galvanic isolation.

>AC input
>DC output

>50Hz DC

It's clearly printed on the label that it's AC to AC

this.

Nigga, you retarded

I'm quite drunk, give me a break

There's a 1:1 transformer in it?

Effectively.

On this topic, if I ordered something from USA that obviously has the American plug, can I safely plug it into my European socket using one of these? It's a microphone interface with 48v phantom power

as long as the power supply is dual voltage
normally they will say "AC INPUT: 100-240v 50/60Hz"

fuug it's 120v 60Hz only.
Can I buy a european AC that outputs 18v seeing as the device has an input for just that? I have no idea how this works sorry

Yes. So long as the wattage or amperage is adequate. For a DC device, AC to DC power supplies are interchangeable so long as they output the adequate DC power.

I've got one of those.
The wall wart is literally just a transformer, probably, maybe some miscellaneous power stuff as well.
Don't try and modify it, either get one rated for yurop power or get a step-down transformer.
it's a AC to AC device

Thanks. So as long as the outputs match something generic like this will work?

it has to be AC, that phantom power supply uses AC
at least mine does

Sorry boys but for unforseen events I am unable to make it to the shop today, most likely tomorrow, i'll make a new thread with the OP picture when the time comes.

A lamp, like those you use for when working under cars, trucks etc.

Isolation transformer maybe?

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Power factor correction would be my top guess. Does it go to something with a motor? It's probably just a housing for some fat cap(s).

Could be a ballast. What sort of bulb does it use?

underrated

>only handles a single input voltage
You don't see that too often nowadays luckily.

Isolation transformer possibly

Fluorescent I think, it's two thin glass tubes inside a larger plastic tube.

Shouldn't matter if it's just an isolation transformer