It's like a pipe, but the water stays still?

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I do not get electricity. Luckily, that's not a prerequisite for purchasing and using it. Otherwise I would be in trouble. Can anybody help me with this?

I have a new laptop, with an AC adapter as listed below. I also have a spare AC adapter from another computer (but the same company), with slightly different specs. The connector is the same, so it's physically possible to plug in either one. What I want to know is, is it OK for me to plug in either one? I've been told by someone smarter than me that I should not. Just wondering why.

	Original	Potential Adoptee
Output	19.5V	19.5V
	3.34A	4.62A

Comments

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Ordinarily, I think Pete would be right, but when you're dealing with anything with a battery in the circuit, you've got to be more careful. Batteries are way more persnickety than any other form of electronics, and if you don't treat them right, you can kill them rather easily. Worse, they might appear to work for a while and then die prettily (as in pretty flames and whatnot).

Stable, elegant, well-designed and well-engineered electrical systems will take all kinds of abuse. These days, laptops are none of these things. They're built cheap and fast and designed to work with the power supplies they come with.

Better safe than sorry... you don't need that second AC adapter, so don't risk it and maybe you won't be cursing your laptop's 30 minute battery life in a year's time.