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Old 03-10-2010, 03:12 PM
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Hi I need a power supply for my project. I intend to take the plug off the the phone charger but I have no multimeter to know which line is positive. One of the two wires have a white stripe running on top of it. Would that be the positive?
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Hi I need a power supply for my project. I intend to take the plug off the the phone charger but I have no multimeter to know which line is positive. One of the two wires have a white stripe running on top of it. Would that be the positive?
I have experienced both cases where the white strip indicates the positive and cases where the strip is on the negative.... the only way to be sure is to use a multimeter and check.

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Here is a simple and cheap low voltage polarity checker you can build:



The probes can be just plain wire.

Both LEDs need to be in the circuit, as they protect each other from excessive reverse voltage.
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