Hi all. I'm new here, and being only slightly electronically savy, I'm afraid I can only ask and provide little help. I hope that with some assistance and further reading of the text on this site, I amy be able to expand my high school electronics knowledge into something more practical.
Here's my dilemma. I purchased an outdoor weather station for my daughter. A wonderful toy, remotely sends wind speed/direction etc to a receiver in the house. However, the transmitter outside relies on 2 AA batteries to power it. These batteries need to be replaced on average three times a month. In the colder temps we have to purchase even more costly lithium batteries.
You can see where I'm going here. Within 4 feet is a receptacle. Is it possible, with relative basic electronics know how to adapt the battery compartment to accept converted AC power rather than batteries?
I appreciate any assistnce anyone can offer, and I thank everyone in advance. I will provide additional info as needed if that is of help. Thanks to those that even bothered to read this post ... its evidence that you may have wanted to help ... and thats great.
Thanks
Here's my dilemma. I purchased an outdoor weather station for my daughter. A wonderful toy, remotely sends wind speed/direction etc to a receiver in the house. However, the transmitter outside relies on 2 AA batteries to power it. These batteries need to be replaced on average three times a month. In the colder temps we have to purchase even more costly lithium batteries.
You can see where I'm going here. Within 4 feet is a receptacle. Is it possible, with relative basic electronics know how to adapt the battery compartment to accept converted AC power rather than batteries?
I appreciate any assistnce anyone can offer, and I thank everyone in advance. I will provide additional info as needed if that is of help. Thanks to those that even bothered to read this post ... its evidence that you may have wanted to help ... and thats great.
Thanks