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    Just wondering about Dell power adapters..

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by SmoothTofu, Apr 6, 2008.

  1. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    Does anyone know why the detachable wire + plug that connects to the power brick is shaped so badly? I mean, it plugs in but the plug redirects the wire back in the opposite direction. You have to twist the wire backwards in order to keep it going in the right direction, which I find really odd.

    Why did they design it like this?
     
    SmoothTofu, Apr 6, 2008
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    It is designed for the wires to be able to be wrapped up around the brick easily. I prefer this design over the traditional power brick myself.
     
    SpeedyMods, Apr 6, 2008
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    redrazor11 Formerly waterwizard11

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    So they can laugh and heckle everytime they see a thread like this ;)
     
    redrazor11, Apr 6, 2008
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  4. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    That brings up another thought, has anyone noticed that the strap on the power brick thats used to secure the wrapped-up wires collects dust really easily?
     
    SmoothTofu, Apr 6, 2008
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    kamehame Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah, that's annoying, but it has to do with the fact that it's a stretchy rubber. If it was hard rubber, it wouldn't collect dust but it also wouldn't connect as easily to the peg.
     
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    Yeah, but it doesn't bother me. Anything with soft rubber will collect dust like that.
     
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    gsu_paintballer Notebook Enthusiast

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    Never noticed that. My strap from the power brick fell off a while back :(
     
    gsu_paintballer, Apr 6, 2008
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