If I were to take a standard AC to DC converter, say a laptop charger, and hook up the input side (which expects 120VAC at 60Hz) to a DC power supply of some sorts, will the electricity still be “converted,” or will it just not work at all? I am clearly very uneducated when it comes to electronics (albeit working on it) so I would very much an ELI5 answer Thanks!

  • marcos@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s actually very hard to predict without looking at the PSU. And depending on the design, the failure will be by shorting your DC current supply, so I really don’t recommend testing it.

    But many designs handle a DC supply perfectly fine.