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A pirate: £10 for this incredibly useful software tool?! I'll just see if there's a torrent for a cracked version first.
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- Homer
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We recently moved. A couple of weeks before that that I had gotten a great deal on Dell monitor at bestbuy (https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-s2318hn-23-ips-led-fhd-monitor-black/5770927.p?skuId=5770927^).
Only $105 or something for monitor that normally goes for $149 or so.
Threw Cable Away By Accident
When we moved I was going to re-pack the monitor in the original box and let movers take it, but I couldn't get the stand off so I carried it myself. However, I threw the box away and I think I had already re-packed the cable in it and threw it away by accident. 
Dell Replacement
It has the power brick like a laptop. Hadn't really thought about that before.
Contacted Dell and they said they could replace it for $49.99 plus shipping. The monitor was only $105???
I found a replace on amazon:
Amazon.com: AC / DC Adapter For Dell S2318HN S2318NX S2318Nc 23" IPS LED FHD Monitor Power Supply Cord Cable PS Battery Charger PSU: Musical Instruments[^]
But it's $21.99 + $6 shipping and it was going to take a couple weeks to get it.
I'm very cheap. I'm also very impatient.
Old Laptops
Then I thought of it. I have numerous old Toshiba laptops with a seemingly similar power cord.
I dug them out and did my best to get the output power rating for the one I was replacing.
Most of them are similar, but I couldn't get the output rating (current and voltage) for the new monitor. The laptop one is rated at 19V and 3.24A output.
Finally, I figured it was worth the chance. I plugged it in and the monitor has been running fine for a few days. No overheating or nothing.
Phew... The Cheapskate Wins Another One!!! 
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Those dc-connectors are actually standardized, you cannot, supposedly, connect the wrong voltage to the monitor.
Current is a whole different question though.
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Over current is Ok but if under current won't be enough to drive monitor!
Voltage has got to be the same though, if over will run but not for long!, and if under likely won't run at all!
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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Mike Hankey wrote: if over will run but not for long!, and if under likely won't run at all!
Depends. Should there not be voltage regulators? If so, 'over' is quite normal to let the regulators work without too much noise and a volt more is less critical than a volt less[^].
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Most important is to prevent the smoke from escaping. Devices work on smoke, when the smoke comes out, they quit.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Yeah, that's pretty much the science I was using here.
Oh, well, it works.
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Think of overclocking your computer. A volt or two may not make a difference but the extra voltage is converted to heat and it stresses the components.
If you buy a Wall Wart rated at, and I forget what the OPs requirements were but it converts and regulates the voltage from 11V, or 220V in other countries to 12v.
If you want to further regulate it you can use a DC-DC Digital Display Step Down Boost Buck Board Converter Power Module | eBay[^] , there are cheaper models but this one has a display.
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Current is a whole different question though
Digital. Works or doesn't. If the power supply is too weak, the current will be too high, the voltage will drop off and the device will not work. The fuse may or may not save the power supply, depending how high the current gets.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Yes I know, I meant that the current available is not standardized by the contacts.
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A man of the law by the name of Ohm wants to see it otherwise.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Not necessarily. Most are positive center, negative outer connector. But not all.
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That's why I wrote "Supposedly", just because there is a standard doesn't mean people are following it.
And to complicate things further there are more than one standard, the original EIAJ standard actually specifies the outer barrel as positive and the inner pin negative, while the later IEC standard doesn't specify polarity as far as I know.
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Great info. Thanks very much.
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The user manual (found by googling your monitor and "power requirements") indicates Output voltage/current Output: 12VDC/3.33A for the power supply.
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Marc Clifton wrote: The user manual (found by googling your monitor and "power requirements")
Oh man! I am so lame that I didn't find that. 
Thanks 
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That's a difficult one, but it must be the dancing ice bears I think 
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I'm going to have to go with the squirrel that looks like it yelling out "STOP!!!!"
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
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I pictured it screaming: DON'T!
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That works too 
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
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Nice find.
The Polar Bear laying with his top half on the ice, because I feel like that today!
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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TY so many excellent photos.
The very first one - bite your bum. An expression I have used many times takes on a whole new meaning.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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