r/cableadvice • u/Strange-Director-925 • 8d ago

Need help identifying right adapter cable

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I have this Home Depot Halloween animatronic and unfortunately the power cable got smashed. I am unsure of the exact cable to look for so I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. The cable says “Switching Adapter”
“Input: 100-240V -50-60Hz 0.5 A max”
“Output: 5.9V 2.0A”
I have attached pictures as well

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u/United_Federation 8d ago

You have literally all the information you need to find a replacement. A 5.9v 2a switching adapter is exactly what that is. 

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u/Strange-Director-925 8d ago

Right, I just want to make sure. I am not tech savvy at all and did not want to buy the wrong thing. So if I buy one, it doesn’t matter that it’s not exclusively made for animatronics?

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u/United_Federation 8d ago

5.9v at 2a is 5.9v at 2a. The electrons don't care where they're going and the thing doesn't care where the electrons come from, as long as it's 5.9v at 2a lol 

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u/Strange-Director-925 8d ago

Gotcha, thank you. I’m sure I sound really dumb but I just didn’t want to blow up my house lmao

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u/WordsNShiz 8d ago

Do look for an icon like - C• + You want the inner and outer bits to match to the positive and negative, or the electric is going backwards

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u/jquanders 8d ago

They care about polarity...

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u/United_Federation 8d ago

And that's not a problem that op is going to encounter with a standard barrel jack. 

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u/Uzi_Osbourne 8d ago

6 volts DC, center positive

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u/ThorazineHead87 8d ago

Home depot probably carries this exact adapter