I've lost the power cable (and other regular connection cables) for my Dell computer but have some from another computer (but don't know the make of them). This might be a stupid question but..can I use these for my Dell computer or do they need to be Dell cables?
if it is just a power cord and the ends match then yes you can. if you have a power cable with a little black box attached to it then the answer is no. ask dell customer Support if you can't get it to work for the correct power adaptor/cable.
Copper wire will conduct electricity, the rest is plastic. If they fit, use them.
Go ahead and use it, no problem. For the sake of convenience, all PC power cables consists of three wires. .. one for Positive (Phase line), one for negative (Neutral line) and last for Earth. OK, you can also easily make up one if you have the plug connectors.
Hi - yes, so long as the cable does not contain a power pack (DC power supply) such as on laptop computers... If so you need to check the DC voltage/power rating on the power pack. But for normal desktop computers- any cable will do. Cheers, Kane.
