AC voltage charge info help

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Post July 6th, 2009, 4:20 pm

I just bought an HP ac cord. And though it charges my acer laptop....I'm feeling unsafe about voltage charges. They both have 19v output specs, but I'm totally new to all this voltage thingy, than I don't even know whether I'm doing this right or not. To me, the laptop is charging, but I don't want to risk anything, so should I just return the hp cord, or not. Thank you.
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Post July 6th, 2009, 4:20 pm

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Post July 6th, 2009, 4:24 pm

Hrmm, you may want to look up the specs on your particular Acer model and cross-check them. Laptop makers change the schema up often for larger battery capacity, faster charges, etc. 19v is by far the most common, but that doesn't mean it's right.

What model of laptop do you have?
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Post July 6th, 2009, 8:43 pm

I have an Acer Extensa 5620-6830. This one : http://www.usereasy.com/product_9781.html

And I bought this cord. http://www.amazon.com/Hewlett-Packard-S ... B001NDKS32.

So....I'm guessing it's not compatible, even though my laptop did charge, I should return the item right...because I don't want to blow any kind of fuse and lose anything.
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Post July 7th, 2009, 4:24 am

More info.

http://www.ushopfast.com/products/overv ... DAodqgvhAA

This is a compatible adapter, but I hardly buy anything online, so I didn't get this one.
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Post July 7th, 2009, 4:39 am

http://serverfault.com/questions/4287/l ... mps-matter

I trust this, but I'm not sure how voltage and amps works, so from what I hear, it's safe, but what do you guys think.
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Post July 7th, 2009, 6:10 am

Actually, I think you'll be ok with what you have. The laptop takes 19v, which is what your HP adapter puts out.
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