I recently got a NTSC NES, and it wants 9V AC input. All my configurable bricks output DC.
I do have a PAL SNES psu, it says 9.8V AC output, but it's of course 50Hz, not 60Hz. What would happen with this one? Would it work but slow down games? Is the .8V higher voltage an issue?
If the SNES adapter is not recommended, what's the common way to run a US NES in Euroland?
calima wrote:
What would happen with this one? Would it work but slow down games? Is the .8V higher voltage an issue?
No and no. The AC voltage is redressed and the frequency is not used internally. Your regulator will heat
slightly more but that souldn't be any issue at all.
It will also work with DC. As a rule of thumb, PAL NES and NTSC NES can take AC and DC. Famicom can only take DC.
Should work just fine. I solve the opposite problem with the inverse solution. (I use a NTSC NES adapter to power my PAL SNES)
If you're going to follow thefox's suggestion to try DC, you can use a
Sega adapter. Several of them (3025 for Master System or 1602 for Mega Drive model 1 and Mega-CD) produce -9 to -10 V DC and have the appropriately sized barrel plug. If you can find one of those or a third-party equivalent with the appropriate input voltage (220-240 V AC for Europe or 110-120 V AC for North America), it'll safely power any Famicom or NES.