Basically, I lost my power adapter to my monitor, and to be honest, I would like to try to avoid buying a new one entirely. I have an old HP laptop power cord that fits into my monitor, but the power specifications on it are different. The power rating on my monitor is 19V and 1.58A. I'm just assuming that's what it needs to run, and that you shouldn't go over that. My power supply from my old laptop converts standard AC into DC at 18.5V, which I'm assuming the difference in voltage between 19 and 18.5 won't really affect anything, but the amperage on my power supply is close to twice as high, at 3.5A output. That's where my concern is, if I where to plug this into my monitor would anything bad potentially come out of it? Don't comment saying quot;Oh, just buy a new one.quot;, I've stated I want to try and avoid that. Thanks in advance.
It might work,give a try.
1. Make sure the volts are close enough. Within 10% is probably good enough. 2. Make sure the amps the supply is capable of, meets or exceeds the amps the monitor requires. The power supply won't push extra amps if they aren't called for. Use my advice at your own risk.
For one, the polarity might be opposite--you never know about HP computer stuff. And the size of the pin and hole in some connectors are different. As far as the amperage, I suppose it could be safe, as the monitor will only draw what it needs from the power brick. Higher capacity is better than not enough. Give it a try, but stand back! After all, you are willing to take a chance instead of paying money for a new proper cord and supply. That is what gambling is all about!
nothing should happen to your device if you give it more amp's than it needs, it should just use what it needs and nothing more. why not consider buying a replacement cable on OKorder(just type monitor model #)? i've personally done something similar to charge laptops using a charger cable that gave more amp than the original and nothing happened. by nothing happened i mean the device didnt explode into flames but it still charged and worked as it was supposed to
