adaptor plugs

[Tara Salman]

Can an adaptor plug stop functioning? I cannot use my scanner, speakers or
DSL modem because the adaptors are not working. I was trying to see if the
adaptors would work in different equipment (i.e., the one for the speakers
in the modem), and now the equipment I previously mentioned won't work. All
my plugs and adaptor plugs are plugged into power surges.

Thanks for your help!

 

[William P.N. Smith]

"Tara Salman" <depgil@sympatico.ca> wrote:

Can an adaptor plug stop functioning? I cannot use my scanner, speakers or
DSL modem because the adaptors are not working. I was trying to see if the
adaptors would work in different equipment (i.e., the one for the speakers
in the modem), and now the equipment I previously mentioned won't work.

Adapter plugs and the equipment they are designed to use have
different voltage, current, frequency, and connector requirements.
Swapping them around without regard to their ratings will result in
destroying either the adapter or (more likely) the device you plugged
it into.

Buy new stuff and don't do that again.

--
William Smith
ComputerSmiths Consulting, Inc. www.compusmiths.com

 

Tara Salman wrote:

Can an adaptor plug stop functioning?

Yes.

I cannot use my scanner, speakers or
DSL modem because the adaptors are not working. I was trying to see if the
adaptors would work in different equipment (i.e., the one for the speakers
in the modem), and now the equipment I previously mentioned won't work. All
my plugs and adaptor plugs are plugged into power surges.

You may have cooked the equipment by swapping
adapters around through different devices - see the
other reply.

> Thanks for your help!