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Accessory Wall Wart Removal Ideas?

For my home theater system have 6 different accessories that use wall warts, 2 IR Remote control power supplies, cable power booster, Fan power supply, Arcam irDOC power supply and a temperature gauge. Is there any way to run all of these off of one power supply so that I am not overwhelmed with multiple power strips?

If I were to ask someone to build me one what would I tell them and do you have any recommendations on suppliers?

Thanks very much for you help.
sailcappy
jdoris
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Try Chris at BPT. I'm sure he'll have ideas.

John
photon46
1,008 posts
 
The first thing to do is figure out the voltage output and amperage of each wall wart. If you were lucky enough to have a bunch of 9 volt power supplies, a guitarist's pedal board power supply might be the ticket. Seems like most audio related wall warts are 12 volt though. Something like this can replace four power supplies:

http://www.bkprecision.com/products/power-supplies/1520-universal-power-supply.html
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theo
2,331 posts
 
Have you looked at a transformer with a variable output? That would allow you to boost voltage to compensate for amperage draw. Check part-express.com, or mouser.com.
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